- Bobby Turner
Robert "Bobby" Turner (born
May 6 ,1949 inMidway, Alabama ) is theDenver Broncos running backs coach. He joined Denver in1995 , he also worked for 20 years as a college assistant and has 34 combined years of coaching experience at the professional, collegiate and high school levels.In his final collegiate coaching stop before moving to the
NFL , Turner served as assistanthead coach ,offensive coordinator and running backs coach at Purdue University from 1991-94. Turner was the running backs coach at Ohio State University from 1989-90, a period when the Buckeyes went to two bowl games and had one of the best running games in theBig Ten Conference .Before his stint at Ohio State, Turner coached the running backs at Fresno State University (1983-88) and at his alma mater,
Indiana State University . He accepted a position coaching Indiana State's running backs and quarterbacks in 1975and also worked as the team's strength and conditioning coordinator that season. Turner was Indiana State's defensive backs coach as well as its strength and conditioning coordinator from 1976-77 before working as the team's running backs coach and special teams coordinator from 1978-81. In his final year at Indiana State in 1982, he coached defensive backs and served as special teams coordinator.Turner, 57, began his coaching career at Haworth High School in
Kokomo, Indiana , where he was an assistant coach with the football and basketball teams from 1972-74. Turner enjoyed a fine career as an all-conference defensive back at Indiana State, where he played both football and basketball. He tied the school's single-season record as a sophomore by recording nine of his 16 career interceptions, including two returned for touchdowns.He earned his bachelor's degree in health and physical education from Indiana State in 1972 before receiving his master's degree in education/administration from the school in 1976. Turner was born May 6, 1949, in
Midway, Alabama , and grew up inEast Chicago, Indiana .Bobby and his wife, Kimberly, have three daughters—Nacole, Krishana and Kiaana—and make their home in
Centennial, Colorado .Extra
He has coached many Denver running backs including
Terrell Davis ,Olandis Gary ,Mike Anderson , andClinton Portis .
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