Norv Turner
Norv Turner during the Chargers' 2007 Training Camp.
May 17 1952 (1952--) (age 55)
Camp Lejeune, North Carolina
Position(s)| Head Coach
College| Oregon
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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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Preceded by Richie Petitbon	Washington Redskins Head Coaches 1994–2000	Succeeded by Terry Robiskie
Preceded by Bill Callahan	Oakland Raiders Head Coaches 2004–2005	Succeeded by Art Shell
Preceded by David Shula	Dallas Cowboys Offensive Coordinators 1991–1993	Succeeded by '''Ernie Zampese +
Preceded by Geep Chryst	San Diego Chargers Offensive Coordinators 2001	Succeeded by Cam Cameron
Preceded by Chan Gailey	Miami Dolphins Offensive Coordinators 2002–2003	Succeeded by Chris Foerster
Preceded by Mike McCarthy	San Francisco 49ers Offensive Coordinators 2006	Succeeded by Jim Hostler
Preceded by Marty Schottenheimer	San Diego Chargers Head Coaches 2007–present	Succeeded by Incumbent

•  • [ e] Los Angeles/San Diego Chargers Head Coaches
Gillman • C. Waller • Svare • R. Waller • Prothro • Coryell • Saunders • Henning • Ross • Gilbride • Jones • Riley • Schottenheimer • Turner

•  • [ e] Los Angeles/Oakland Raiders Head Coaches
Erdelatz • Feldman • Conkright • Davis • Rauch • Madden • Flores • Shanahan • Shell • White • Bugel • Gruden • Callahan • Turner • Shell • Kiffin

•  • [ e] Boston Braves/Washington Redskins Head Coaches
Wray • Dietz • Casey • Flaherty • Bergman • DeGroot • Edwards • Whelchel • Ball • Todd • Lambeau • Kuharich • Nixon • McPeak • Graham • Lombardi • Austin • Allen • Pardee • Gibbs • Petitbon • Turner • Robiskie • Schottenheimer • Spurrier • Gibbs

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•  • [ e] Current Head Coaches of the National Football League
American Football Conference
East	North	South	West
Jauron (Buffalo)	Billick (Baltimore)	Kubiak (Houston)	Shanahan (Denver)
Cameron (Miami)	Lewis (Cincinnati)	Dungy (Indianapolis)	Edwards (Kansas City)
Belichick (New England)	Crennel (Cleveland)	Del Rio (Jacksonville)	Kiffin (Oakland)
Mangini (NY Jets)	Tomlin (Pittsburgh)	Fisher (Tennessee)	Turner (San Diego)
National Football Conference
East	North	South	West
Phillips (Dallas)	Smith (Chicago)	Petrino (Atlanta)	Whisenhunt (Arizona)
Coughlin (NY Giants)	Marinelli (Detroit)	Fox (Carolina)	Linehan (St. Louis)
Reid (Philadelphia)	McCarthy (Green Bay)	Payton (New Orleans)	Nolan (San Francisco)
Gibbs (Washington)	Childress (Minnesota)	Gruden (Tampa Bay)	Holmgren (Seattle)

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