Now in his 12th season as Green Bay’s video director, Bob Eckberg is enjoying his 31st year with the Packers overall.
In 2001, Eckberg became only the second full-time video director in franchise history.
In his position, Eckberg oversees the production and editing of all game and practice tapes for the coaching and personnel staffs, as well as the regular exchange of video with other teams. In addition, he is in charge of the purchase and maintenance of the team’s vast array of video equipment.
The 61-year-old Eckberg also directs the video department’s taping of all workouts on prospective players and maintains a video library of all games for the previous three years. Additionally, the video staff compiles college player-profile tapes for use during NFL Draft preparation. Eckberg also attends and shoots video of prospective players at the NFL Scouting Combine, held every February in Indianapolis.
Eckberg began his career with the Packers in the early 1970s while working in the photo department of WBAY-TV in Green Bay. While employed at the station, Eckberg helped process all of the Packers’ game film and in 1974 started shooting end-zone-angle coaching film for home games played in Green Bay and Milwaukee. In the early 1980s, videotape technology became standard in the television industry, and the Packers purchased the film-lab setup from WBAY and hired Eckberg as assistant video director in 1982. In 1986 the entire NFL switched to videotape technology and Eckberg assisted in the decisions of which video equipment to buy. Today, the video department is completely digital, allowing the players and coaches to watch film anywhere on their iPads, laptops and other mobile devices.
In addition to almost three decades of NFL games, Eckberg also has shot numerous postseason games, including the 1987 Hula Bowl, the 1982, 1987 and 2001 Senior Bowls, the 2005 Cactus Bowl, the 2008 and 2012 Pro Bowls, and Super Bowls XXXI, XXXII and XLV. In addition, he served the NFL video directors during the 2000 season as a member of the quality-control committee.
Born Oct. 10, 1950, in Green Bay, Eckberg is a 1969 graduate of the city’s Premontre High School. He and his wife, Terri, also a Green Bay native, enjoy spending time with their children and grandchildren at their family cabin in northern Wisconsin.
Now in his 12th season as Green Bay’s video director, Bob Eckberg is enjoying his 31st year with the Packers overall.
In 2001, Eckberg became only the second full-time video director in franchise history.
In his position, Eckberg oversees the production and editing of all game and practice tapes for the coaching and personnel staffs, as well as the regular exchange of video with other teams. In addition, he is in charge of the purchase and maintenance of the team’s vast array of video equipment.
The 61-year-old Eckberg also directs the video department’s taping of all workouts on prospective players and maintains a video library of all games for the previous three years. Additionally, the video staff compiles college player-profile tapes for use during NFL Draft preparation. Eckberg also attends and shoots video of prospective players at the NFL Scouting Combine, held every February in Indianapolis.
Eckberg began his career with the Packers in the early 1970s while working in the photo department of WBAY-TV in Green Bay. While employed at the station, Eckberg helped process all of the Packers’ game film and in 1974 started shooting end-zone-angle coaching film for home games played in Green Bay and Milwaukee. In the early 1980s, videotape technology became standard in the television industry, and the Packers purchased the film-lab setup from WBAY and hired Eckberg as assistant video director in 1982. In 1986 the entire NFL switched to videotape technology and Eckberg assisted in the decisions of which video equipment to buy. Today, the video department is completely digital, allowing the players and coaches to watch film anywhere on their iPads, laptops and other mobile devices.
In addition to almost three decades of NFL games, Eckberg also has shot numerous postseason games, including the 1987 Hula Bowl, the 1982, 1987 and 2001 Senior Bowls, the 2005 Cactus Bowl, the 2008 and 2012 Pro Bowls, and Super Bowls XXXI, XXXII and XLV. In addition, he served the NFL video directors during the 2000 season as a member of the quality-control committee.
Born Oct. 10, 1950, in Green Bay, Eckberg is a 1969 graduate of the city’s Premontre High School. He and his wife, Terri, also a Green Bay native, enjoy spending time with their children and grandchildren at their family cabin in northern Wisconsin.
