Turner Gill
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| Turner Gill | ||
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| Title | Head Coach | |
| College | Buffalo | |
| Sport | Football | |
| Team Record | 2-10 | |
| Born | August 13, 1962 | |
| Place of birth | Fort Worth, Texas | |
| Career Highlights | ||
| Overall | 2-10 | |
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| 1980-83 | Nebraska | |
| Position | Quarterback | |
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| 2006-Present | Buffalo | |
Turner Gill (born August 13, 1962, in Fort Worth, Texas) is the head coach of the Buffalo Bulls college football team and is one of six African-American head coaches in NCAA Division I-A.
[edit] Coaching
In 1989, Gill began his coaching career at his alma mater, serving one year as a graduate assistant coach. After spending a season each at North Texas University and Southern Methodist University, Gill returned once again to Nebraska, where he coached quarterbacks from 1992-2003 and wide receivers in 2004. Gill served as position coach for two first team All-Americans, Tommie Frazier and Eric Crouch, with Crouch also earning the Heisman Trophy under Gill's tutelage. The Cornhuskers earned three national championships in Gill's time as an assistant there. In 2005, Gill was hired by the Green Bay Packers as Director of Player Development to help players become acclimated to playing professional football in Green Bay and to direct players to resources concerning community involvement, continuing education, financial management, and retirement planning. He also served as an assistant wide receivers coach and an offensive assistant coach through December 2005.
The University at Buffalo hired Gill in December 2005. Gill won two games in his first season with Buffalo, but did play the likes of Aubrun, Wisconsin and Boston College in 2006
[edit] Player
Gill graduated from Arlington Heights High School in Fort Worth, TX. He was recruited by the University of Nebraska to play both football and baseball. As a quarterback at the University of Nebraska, Gill led the team to a 28-2 record is his three years as a starter, and in 1983 was a Heisman Trophy finalist (finished 4th). Gill spent two years as the starting quarterback for the Canadian Football League's Montreal Concordes before retiring. Gill is a graduate of the University of North Texas (1990).
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| Preceded by Jim Hofher |
University at Buffalo Head Football Coach 2006– |
Succeeded by current |
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