Football - 2026

Mike Bercovici was a standout quarterback at Taft High School where he threw for 3,755 yards and 37 touchdowns as a senior in 2010. During his stellar collegiate career at Arizona State University, Bercovici threw for 5,333 yards, 42 touchdowns and 13 interceptions, while adding 418 rushing yards in 41 career games (16 starts). He finished his collegiate career with a 137.9 passer rating and accounted for 48 total touchdowns. His 30 touchdown passes in 2015 were tied for the most in a single season in school history, and his three games with five-or-more touchdowns are tied for the second-most in school single-season history. In 2014, he threw a 46-yard hail mary as time expired to beat USC 38-34 in the LA Coliseum, ending the game with 510 yards and 5 touchdowns - the most ever by a USC opponent. Mike earned two degrees from Arizona State – a bachelor’s in business management and a master’s in sports law and business. A three-time Pac-12 All-Academic selection, he was named as the 2015 Pac-12 Football Scholar Athlete of the Year and also was awarded the Pac-12 Tom Hansen Conference Medal, presented to student-athletes who exhibit the greatest combination of performance and achievement in scholarship, athletics and leadership.

Mike spent two years on the Chargers and Cardinals NFL practice squads before starting his coaching career in 2019 at his alma mater, Arizona State. Currently an NFL coach with the Carolina Panthers, Mike enters his third season with the Panthers and his first as assistant quarterbacks/pass game specialist. Before joining the Panthers, Bercovici served as an offensive assistant (2022) and coaching assistant (2020-21) for the Cardinals.

He and his wife, Jaylee, have two daughters, Monroe and Stevie.