Soldiers to Sidelines founder on a mission to help veterans and give back to the community

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Harrison Bernstein has long had aspirations of coaching football at the professional level. In 2019 and after more than a decade of work, he got that opportunity. But Bernstein’s passion for coaching had evolved into something else. 

He would sacrifice that dream in order to give back to a community that made the decision to risk the ultimate sacrifice. 

Harrison Bernstein, the president and founder of Soldiers to Sidelines, began the veteran charity in 2010. (Soldiers to Sidelines)

Bernstein is the president and founder of Soldiers to Sidelines, a veteran charity organization whose mission is to provide a renewed sense of purpose to members of the military community through coaching while also serving the youth community. 

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Speaking to Fox News Digital, Bernstein said that the idea for Soldiers to Sidelines came about in 2010 after his time with the Washington Commanders, where he served as an assistant strength and conditioning coach for three years. 

"I was coaching high school football and a colleague of mine was adamant about helping out service members in the area get involved in coaching football, because the news was just riddled with people coming back from the Middle East looking for purpose, looking for a way to reconnect and to find some renewed happiness and purpose," Bernstein explained. 

"And so it was actually a colleague who suggested that we bring some of the local veterans out to high school football practice and make them part of the team and teach them how to coach football." 

Harrison Bernstein of the Washington Commanders poses for his 2009 NFL headshot at