Ron Turner

Ronald David Turner (born December 5, 1953) is an American former football coach and player. He most recently served an offensive consultant with the Carolina Panthers of the National Football League (NFL) in 2017. He was the head coach at FIU from 2013 to 2016. Turner served as the head football coach at San Jose State University in 1992, and the University of Illinois Urbana–Champaign from 1997 to 2004. He also had two separate stints as the offensive coordinator for the Chicago Bears, the first from 1993 to 1996, and most recently from 2005 to 2009.

Playing career Turner played college football as a wide receiver for Diablo Valley College from 1973 to 1974, and the University of the Pacific from 1975 to 1976. He was inducted into Pacific's Athletic Hall of Fame in 2009. He earned a scholarship to the University of the Pacific, where he led the Tigers in receiving in 1975 and 1976 and totaled 40 receptions for 666 yards with three touchdowns.

Coaching career College coaching career Turner began his coaching career as a graduate assistant at Pacific before earning his first full-time college job coaching running backs and receivers at University of Arizona (1978–1980).

Chicago Bears The Bears team completion percentages in 1994 (61.4%) and 1995 (60.2%) rank as the highest in team history. Chicago's net passing yard total of 3,743 in 1995 ranks second in team annals while the total of 3,185 in 1996 was pushed to sixth in team history by the team's totals from 2006 and 2007. On January 5, 2010, he and several of his assistants were fired. The Bears qualified for the postseason in three of Turner's eight seasons with the team.

Indianapolis Colts After being fired by the Chicago Bears after the Bears poor 2009 season, Turner was hired as offensive coordinator by Stanford. However, four weeks later he became wide receivers coach for the Indianapolis Colts.

FIU On January 3, 2013, Turner was hired as the head coach of FIU, becoming the young program's third coach and taking the reins as the program entered Conference USA.

Personal life Turner is the brother of Norv Turner, former head coach of the San Diego Chargers. Ron and his wife, Wendy, have two sons, Morgan and Cameron, and two daughters, Cally and Madison. Cam played quarterback for The Citadel before becoming a coach. He has also coached. Morgan served as the tight ends coach for the Arkansas Razorbacks.

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