- Turner Gill
College coach infobox
Name = Turner Gill
| Caption =
DateOfBirth = Birth date and age|1962|8|13|mf=y
Birthplace = flagicon|Texas Fort Worth, TX
DateOfDeath =
Sport = Football
College = Buffalo
Title = Head Coach
CurrentRecord = 9–17
OverallRecord = 9–17
Awards = 2007 MAC Coach of the Year
Championships =
CFbDWID = 4158
Player = Y
Years = 1980-1983
Team = Nebraska
Position =Quarterback
Coach = Y
CoachYears = 2006-"present"
CoachTeams = Buffalo
FootballHOF =Turner Gill (born
August 13 ,1962 , inFort Worth, Texas ) is thehead coach of the Buffalo Bullscollege football team and is one of six African-Americanhead coach es inNCAA Division I-A .Coaching
In 1989, Gill began his coaching career at The
University of Nebraska , his alma mater, serving one year as a graduate assistant coach. After spending a season each atNorth Texas University andSouthern Methodist University , Gill returned once again to Nebraska, where he coachedquarterback s from 1992-2003 and wide receivers in 2004. Gill served as position coach for two first team All-Americans,Tommie Frazier andEric 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 theGreen 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.Gill, who was part of three national championships as a coach at the University of Nebraska and a Heisman Trophy finalist as a player, agreed to a five-year contract to become the 23rd head football coach at the
University at Buffalo on December 16, 2005.2006
Turner Gill won two games in his first season with Buffalo compiling a 2-10 record, but did play the likes of Auburn, Wisconsin, and Boston College in 2006.
Although Gill went 2-10 in his first season, Buffalo achieved great success within recent Bulls history. Gill helped set the mark for most points in a season since moving to
Division I , scoring 220. UB also scored the most points (201) of any team in theMid-American Conference East Division and defeated the first team (Kent State University ) with a winning record since joiningMid-American Conference in 1999.2007
Gill's Buffalo team finished 5-7 overall with a 5-3 record in the
Mid-American Conference , the first winning conference record the squad had posted since joining the MAC in 1999. This was also the Bulls' first winning record at home since moving toDivision I . The team finished third out of six schools in theMid-American Conference East Division, and Gill was named MAC Coach of the Year for 2007. [ [http://www.buffalonews.com/258/story/216151.html?imw=Y Gill named Coach of Year; eight players honored by MAC] ]Because of the great turnaround that Gill orchestrated in only his second season at Buffalo, he was one of two leading candidates to replace Bill Callahan as head coach of the Nebraska Cornhuskers. [ [http://www.journalstar.com/articles/2007/11/09/huskerextra/football/doc4732883e0e4cc153977962.txt Speculation abounds that Gill or Pelini in line] ] However, Bo Pelini was hired as the new Nebraska head coach.
Head coaching record
CFB Yearly Record Subhead
name=Buffalo Bulls
conf=Mid-American Conference
startyear=2006
endyear=CFB Yearly Record Entry
championship =
year = 2006
name = Buffalo
overall = 2–10
conference = 1–7
confstanding = 6th (East)
bowl =
bowlgame =
bowlopp =
bowlscore =
bcsbowl =
ranking = no
ranking2 = noCFB Yearly Record Entry
championship =
year = 2007
name = Buffalo
overall = 5–7
conference = 5–3
confstanding = 3rd (East)
bowl =
bowlgame =
bowlopp =
bowlscore =
bcsbowl =
ranking = no
ranking2 = noCFB Yearly Record Entry
championship =
year = 2008
name = Buffalo
overall = 2-1
conference = 1-0
confstanding = 1st (East)
bowl =
bowlgame =
bowlopp =
bowlscore =
bcsbowl =
ranking = no
ranking2 = noCFB Yearly Record Subtotal
name=Buffalo
overall=9–17
confrecord= 7–10CFB Yearly Record End
overall = 9–17
bcs = no
poll = two
polltype =Playing career
Gill graduated from
Arlington Heights High School inFort Worth, Texas . He was recruited by the University of Nebraska to play both football and baseball. As aquarterback at the University of Nebraska, Gill led the team to a 28-2 record in his three years as a starter, and in 1983 was aHeisman Trophy finalist (finished 4th). Gill spent two years as the starting quarterback for the Canadian Football League'sMontreal Concordes before retiring. With the Concordes he had 727 pass attempts with 411 completions for 4,928 yards and 23 touchdowns to 24 interceptions. He also had 826 rushing yards on 173 carries and seven touchdowns. During Gill's time with the Concordes the team had a 14-17-1 record.References
External links
* [http://www.ubathletics.buffalo.edu/football/coaches/gill.shtml Buffalo Bio]
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