| Norv
Turner |
Norv Turner during the Chargers' 2007 Training Camp. |
| Date of birth |
May 17 1952 (1952--) (age 55) |
| Place of birth |
Camp Lejeune, North Carolina |
| Position(s) |
Head Coach |
| College |
Oregon |
| Coaching Stats |
Pro Football
Reference |
| Coaching Stats |
DatabaseFootball |
| Team(s) as a
coach/administrator |
1975
1976-1979
1980-1983
1984
1985-1990
1991-1993
1994-2000
2001
2002-2003
2004-2005
2006
2007-present
|
University of Oregon
(graduate assistant)
University of Southern California
(wide receivers coach)
University of Southern California
(quarterbacks coach)
University of Southern California
(offensive coordinator)
Los Angeles Rams
(Wide Receivers Coach)
Dallas Cowboys
(Offensive Coordinator)
Washington Redskins
(Head Coach)
San Diego Chargers
(Offensive Coordinator)
Miami Dolphins
(Offensive Coordinator)
Oakland Raiders
(Head Coach)
San Francisco 49ers
(Offensive Coordinator)
San Diego Chargers
(Head Coach) |
Norval Eugene Turner (born May 17, 1952 at
Camp Lejeune, North Carolina) is
the head coach for the National Football
League's San Diego Chargers. He also has served as head coach of the
Washington Redskins and the Oakland
Raiders, and as offensive coordinator for the Dallas Cowboys, San Diego Chargers, Miami Dolphins, and San Francisco 49ers. He is the brother
of former University of Illinois head football coach and
current Chicago Bears offensive coordinator Ron Turner.
Turner played quarterback at the University of
Oregon. He was a coach of the USC Trojans between 1976 and 1984. Turner was the
offensive coordinator with the Dallas Cowboys on Jimmy Johnson's staff when Dallas won back to back Super Bowls in 1992 and 1993. Turner got much of the credit for not only their success, but for helping shape
quarterback Troy Aikman into a Hall of Fame player.
However, he also was labeled by some as a problem. After Barry Switzer's firing following the unsuccessful 1997 campaign, QB Troy
Aikman made many urgent demands that Turner be named head coach. When Chan Gailey was named coach, Aikman was famously unhappy,
stating "They're screwing this team up."
In 1994, following his success with the Cowboys, Turner was hired as the head coach of the Washington Redskins. In seven
seasons with the Redskins, he went 49-59-1. They made the playoffs only once, in 1999, where they
lost to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in the second round. He was released during the
2000 season of the Washington Redskins on December 4, 2000
following a 9-7 loss to the New York Giants where this dropped them to 7-6 on the year
despite starting off with a 6-2 record. Turner was replaced for the final 3 regular season games by Interim Head Coach
Terry Robiskie. The Redskins finished with a disappointing 8-8 that made them ineligible
for the postseason. Following his tenure with the Redskins, Turner went on to serve as offensive coordinator for the
San Diego Chargers in 2001 and for the Miami
Dolphins in 2002 and 2003.
When the Oakland Raiders fired head coach Bill Callahan following the 2003 season, owner Al Davis
hired Turner to replace him. Turner went 5-11 in 2004, followed by a 4-12 record in 2005, and was fired on January 3, 2006.
During Turner's two years with the Raiders, he managed only one win against his division, the AFC West. In addition, Turner was unable to jump start an offense that, in
2005, included All-Pro wide receiver Randy Moss.
On January 17, 2006 Turner was named offensive coordinator
for the San Francisco 49ers, a reversal of roles of sorts: current 49ers
head coach Mike Nolan served as Turner's defensive
coordinator from 1997 to 1999 with the Washington Redskins.
On February 19, 2007 Turner was hired as the head coach of
the San Diego Chargers. [1]
Though he had been a finalist to assume the same position with the Dallas Cowboys, a team
for which he had been the Offensive Coordinator during the first two of three Championship seasons in the 1990s, he eventually
lost out to Wade Phillips, [2] defensive coordinator of the Chargers at the end of the 2006-2007 season. He will take the reins of an NFL-best 14-2 record squad
in the 2006 regular season with San Diego. Turner began the 2007 NFL season by losing 3 of his first 4 games. He has since
redeemed himself by helping the team to a 41-3 victory over rivals the Denver Broncos on the road.
For coaches with more than 3 years head coaching experience, Norv Turner is the worst NFL coach of all time based on win-loss
percentage.
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