Nick Hardwick
Assistant Offensive Line Coach, Los Angeles Chargers (LAC).
Quick Facts
- Role: Assistant Offensive Line Coach
- Team: Los Angeles Chargers (LAC)
- NFL experience: Not listed
- Reports to: Jim Harbaugh (Head Coach)
- Coaching tree: see Coaching Trees
Background
Chargers Legend and Pro Bowl center Nick Hardwick returns home to the Bolts as assistant offensive line coach. A member of the club's 50th Anniversary All-Time Team, Hardwick played 11 seasons for the Chargers, starting all 146 career appearances (postseason included) at center, blocking and protecting for some of the greatest players in league and franchise history. Hardwick was instrumental in protecting two of the league's top passers of this century, quarterbacks Philip Rivers and Drew Brees, as his Pro Bowl nod in 2006 coincided with Hall of Fame running back LaDainian Tomlinson being named NFL Most Valuable Player after setting the single-season record for touchdowns scored (31). A third-round selection in the 2004 NFL Draft and a member of five AFC West Division-champion teams, the former All-Big Ten product out of Purdue spent the two seasons prior to this role coaching at Westfield (Ind.) High.