Coaches
Ron Turner
His career from Wikipedia, each job checked against the team-season pages (✓ = a second source agrees, ≠ = they disagree)
Ron Turner
Played at Pacific · alma mater (CFBD): Pacific
Source: Wikipedia, read 2026-10-26
| Years | Team | Role | Title | Head coach |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1978 | Pacific | GA | Graduate assistant | not known |
| 1979-1980 | Arizona | Position | Wide receivers coach | Larry Smith (1980) |
| 1980 | Arizona | Position | Running backs coach | Larry Smith |
| 1981-1982 | Northwestern | Position | Quarterbacks & wide receivers coach | not known |
| 1983-1984 | Pittsburgh | Position | Quarterbacks coach | not known |
| 1985 | USC | Position | Quarterbacks coach | Ted Tollner |
| 1986 | USC | OC | Offensive coordinator | Ted Tollner |
| 1987 | USC | Position | Wide receivers coach | Larry Smith |
| 1988 | Texas A&M | Position | Wide receivers coach | Jackie Sherrill |
| 1989-1991 | Stanford | OC | Offensive coordinator & quarterbacks coach | not known |
| 1992 | San José State | Head coach | Head coach✓ | himself |
| 1993-1996 | Chicago Bears (pro) | OC | Offensive coordinator & quarterbacks coach | not known |
| 1997-2004 | Illinois | Head coach | Head coach✓ | himself |
| 2005-2009 | Chicago Bears (pro) | OC | Offensive coordinator | not known |
| 2010 | Indianapolis Colts (pro) | Position | Wide receivers coach | not known |
| 2011 | Indianapolis Colts (pro) | Position | Quarterbacks coach | not known |
| 2012 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers (pro) | Position | Quarterbacks coach | not known |
| 2013-2016 | Florida International | Head coach | Head coach✓ | himself |
| 2017 | Carolina Panthers (pro) | Analyst | Offensive consultant | not known |
Record
Confirmed coordinator seasons since 2005. FBS rankings
| Season | Team | Job | EPA/play | Points/poss. | Success | Year before | Teams |
|---|
| Season | Head coach at | Record | AP before → after | Off EPA/play | Def EPA/play | SP+ | Team year before | Teams |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1992 | San José State | 7-4 | - → - | - | - | -10.2 | 55% wins | 107 |
| 1997 | Illinois | 0-11 | - → - | - | - | -18.1 | 18% wins | 112 |
| 1998 | Illinois | 3-8 | - → - | - | - | -13.5 | 0% wins | 112 |
| 1999 | Illinois | 8-4 | - → 24 | - | - | 17.1 | 27% wins | 114 |
| 2000 | Illinois | 5-6 | 21 → - | - | - | 1.8 | 67% wins | 116 |
| 2001 | Illinois | 10-2 | - → 12 | - | - | 14.9 | 46% wins | 117 |
| 2002 | Illinois | 5-7 | - → - | - | - | 6.2 | 83% wins | 117 |
| 2003 | Illinois | 1-11 | - → - | - | - | -12.1 | 42% wins | 117 |
| 2004 | Illinois | 3-8 | - → - | 49 | 94 | -11.3 | 8% wins | 119 |
| 2013 | Florida International | 1-11 | - → - | 124 | 89 | -38.9 | 25% wins | 125 |
| 2014 | Florida International | 4-8 | - → - | 119 | 17 | -16.2 | 8% wins | 128 |
| 2015 | Florida International | 5-7 | - → - | 97 | 77 | -16.6 | 33% wins | 128 |
| 2016 | Florida International | 0-4 (4 of 12) | - → - | 106 | 103 | -19.0 | 42% wins | 128 |
Worked under
- Larry Smith · Arizona 1980 (Position)
- Ted Tollner · USC 1985-1986 (OC, Position)
- Larry Smith · USC 1987 (Position)
- Jackie Sherrill · Texas A&M 1988 (Position)
His tree
Coaches who were on his staffs
On his staffs · 18
- Buddy Teevens · Illinois 1997-1998 (OC, Position)
- Craig Ver Steeg · Illinois 1997-2000 (Other, Position)
- Osia Lewis · Illinois 1997-2002 (Position)
- Tim Kish · Illinois 1997-2000 (DC, Position)
- Mike Mallory · Illinois 2001-2004 (DC, Position)
- Dan Roushar · Illinois 2003-2004 (OC, Position)
- Tommy Thigpen · Illinois 2003-2004 (Position)
- Scott Shafer · Illinois 2004 (Position)
- Andre Patterson · Florida International 2013 (Other, Position)
- Josh Conklin · Florida International 2013-2014 (DC)
- Kevin Wolthausen · Florida International 2013 (ST coord.)
- Rob Harley* · Florida International 2014 (Position)
- Sam Siefkes · Florida International 2014 (Analyst)
- Steve Shankweiler · Florida International 2014-2016 (OC)
- Matt House · Florida International 2015 (DC, Position)
- Ron Cooper · Florida International 2015-2016 (DC, Position)
- Tem Lukabu · Florida International 2015 (Position)
- Tim Harris Jr. · Florida International 2015-2016 (Position)
Level 2: on their staffs · 19
- Mark Banker · Stanford 2002 (Other) · under Buddy Teevens
- Mike Sanford Sr. · Stanford 2002 (OC, Position) · under Buddy Teevens
- A. J. Christoff · Stanford 2003-2004 (DC, Position) · under Buddy Teevens
- Bill Cubit · Stanford 2003-2004 (OC, Position) · under Buddy Teevens
- Nathaniel Hackett · Stanford 2003 (Analyst) · under Buddy Teevens
- George McDonald · Stanford 2004 (Position) · under Buddy Teevens
- Frank Scelfo · Arizona 2011 (Position) · under Tim Kish
- Joe Salave'a · Arizona 2011 (Position) · under Tim Kish
- Robert Anae · Arizona 2011 (Other, Position) · under Tim Kish
- Ryan Walters · Arizona 2011 (Position) · under Tim Kish
- Seth Littrell · Arizona 2011 (OC, Position) · under Tim Kish
- Chuck Bullough · Syracuse 2013-2015 (DC) · under Scott Shafer
- Clark Lea* · Syracuse 2013-2015 (Position) · under Scott Shafer
- Tim Lester · Syracuse 2013-2015 (OC, Other, Position) · under Scott Shafer
- Bobby Acosta · Syracuse 2014-2015 (Position) · under Scott Shafer
- Jake Moreland · Syracuse 2015 (Position) · under Scott Shafer
- Steve Gregory · Syracuse 2015 (Analyst) · under Scott Shafer
- Quinn Sanders · Northern Illinois 2026 (OC, Position) · under Rob Harley
- Tony Petersen · Northern Illinois 2026 (OC, Position) · under Rob Harley
Level 3: on their staffs · 60
- Brian Rock · Western Michigan 2005 (Position, ST coord.) · under Bill Cubit
- Kurt Barber · UNLV 2005-2007 (DC, Position, ST coord.) · under Mike Sanford Sr.
- Mike Sanford Jr. · UNLV 2005-2006 (GA) · under Mike Sanford Sr.
- Noah Brindise · UNLV 2005-2006 (OC) · under Mike Sanford Sr.
- Steve Morrison · Western Michigan 2005-2009 (DC, Position) · under Bill Cubit
- Vic Shealy · UNLV 2005-2008 (DC) · under Mike Sanford Sr.
- A. J. Ricker · Western Michigan 2006-2012 (GA, Position) · under Bill Cubit
- Clayton White · Western Michigan 2006 (Position, ST coord.) · under Bill Cubit
- Bill Miller · Western Michigan 2007 (DC) · under Bill Cubit
- Dennis Therrell · UNLV 2007-2009 (DC, Position) · under Mike Sanford Sr.
- Grant Heard · Western Michigan 2007 (Position) · under Bill Cubit
- Todd Berry · UNLV 2007-2009 (OC, Other, Position) · under Mike Sanford Sr.
- Jed Stugart · UNLV 2009 (Position) · under Mike Sanford Sr.
- Dave Cohen · Western Michigan 2010-2011 (DC) · under Bill Cubit
- Lou Esposito · Western Michigan 2010-2012 (Position) · under Bill Cubit
- Rich Nagy · Western Michigan 2010-2012 (DC, Position) · under Bill Cubit
- Steve Casula · Western Michigan 2010-2012 (GA, Position) · under Bill Cubit
- Josh Gattis · Western Michigan 2011 (Position) · under Bill Cubit
- Ryan Cubit · Western Michigan 2012 (OC) · under Bill Cubit
- Tim McGarigle · Western Michigan 2012 (Position) · under Bill Cubit
- Alex Golesh* · Illinois 2015 (Position, ST coord.) · under Bill Cubit
- Mike Phair · Illinois 2015 (DC) · under Bill Cubit
- Nathan Scheelhaase · Illinois 2015 (Position) · under Bill Cubit
- Tim Banks · Illinois 2015 (DC, Position) · under Bill Cubit
- Brad Davis · North Texas 2016 (Other, Position) · under Seth Littrell
- Darcel McBath · North Texas 2016 (Analyst) · under Seth Littrell
- Graham Harrell · North Texas 2016-2018 (OC, Position) · under Seth Littrell
- Joel Filani · North Texas 2016-2018 (Position) · under Seth Littrell
- John David Baker · North Texas 2016-2018 (Analyst) · under Seth Littrell
- Mike Ekeler · North Texas 2016-2020 (DC, Position, ST coord.) · under Seth Littrell
- Nick Quartaro · North Texas 2016 (Other, Position) · under Seth Littrell
- Troy Reffett · North Texas 2016-2019 (DC) · under Seth Littrell
- Cory Sanders · Western Michigan 2017 (Position) · under Tim Lester
- David Duggan · Western Michigan 2017-2018 (Position) · under Tim Lester
- Kevin Johns · Western Michigan 2017 (OC, Position) · under Tim Lester
- Terry Malone · Western Michigan 2017-2018 (Position) · under Tim Lester
- Tim Daoust · Western Michigan 2017-2018 (DC) · under Tim Lester
- Bodie Reeder · North Texas 2019 (OC) · under Seth Littrell
- Mike Bath · Western Michigan 2019-2021 (OC, Position) · under Tim Lester
- Tommy Mainord · North Texas 2019-2022 (OC) · under Seth Littrell
- Trevor Andrews · Western Michigan 2019-2022 (Position) · under Tim Lester
- Clint Bowen · North Texas 2020 (DC, Position) · under Seth Littrell
- Greg Harbaugh Jr. · Western Michigan 2020-2021 (Position) · under Tim Lester
- Mike Bloesch · North Texas 2020-2022 (OC) · under Seth Littrell
- David Raih · Vanderbilt 2021 (OC, Position) · under Clark Lea
- Eric Evans · Western Michigan 2021 (OC) · under Tim Lester
- Jesse Minter · Vanderbilt 2021 (DC, Position) · under Clark Lea
- Jim Gush · North Texas 2021-2022 (DC, Position) · under Seth Littrell
- Joey Lynch · Vanderbilt 2021-2023 (OC, Other, Position) · under Clark Lea
- Phil Bennett · North Texas 2021-2022 (DC, Position) · under Seth Littrell
- Dan Jackson · Vanderbilt 2022-2023 (Position) · under Clark Lea
- Jeff Thorne · Western Michigan 2022 (OC, Position) · under Tim Lester
- Nick Howell · Vanderbilt 2022-2023 (DC) · under Clark Lea
- Kevin Kane · Purdue 2023-2024 (DC, Position) · under Ryan Walters
- Matt Mattox · Purdue 2023 (Position) · under Ryan Walters
- Seth Doege · Purdue 2023 (Position) · under Ryan Walters
- Jason Simmons · Purdue 2024 (OC) · under Ryan Walters
- Jerry Kill · Vanderbilt 2024-2026 (Analyst) · under Clark Lea
- Tim Beck · Vanderbilt 2024-2026 (OC) · under Clark Lea
- Bob Shoop · Vanderbilt 2025-2026 (Analyst) · under Clark Lea
Coached together
- Bob Davie · Arizona 1979 · him Position, them Position
- Chuck Amato · Arizona 1980 · him Position, them Position
- Steve Axman · Arizona 1980 · him Position, them OC, Position
- Nick Quartaro · Northwestern 1981-1982 · him Position, them Position, ST coord.
- Curt Cignetti*+ · Pittsburgh 1983-1984 · him Position, them GA
- Chuck Pagano · USC 1985 · him Position, them GA
- Craig Ver Steeg · USC 1985 · him Position, them GA
- Dave Wannstedt · USC 1985 · him Position, them Position
- Kevin Wolthausen · USC 1987 · him Position, them Position
- Bob Davie · Texas A&M 1988 · him Position, them Position
- Tim Lewis · Texas A&M 1988 · him Position, them GA
- Tyrone Willingham · Stanford 1989-1991 · him OC, Position, them Position
- Buddy Teevens · Illinois 1997-1998 · him Head coach, them OC, Position
- Craig Ver Steeg · Illinois 1997-2000 · him Head coach, them Other, Position
- Osia Lewis · Illinois 1997-2002 · him Head coach, them Position
- Tim Kish · Illinois 1997-2000 · him Head coach, them DC, Position
- Mike Mallory · Illinois 2001-2004 · him Head coach, them DC, Position
- Dan Roushar · Illinois 2003-2004 · him Head coach, them OC, Position
- Tommy Thigpen · Illinois 2003-2004 · him Head coach, them Position
- Scott Shafer · Illinois 2004 · him Head coach, them Position
- Andre Patterson · Florida International 2013 · him Head coach, them Other, Position
- Josh Conklin · Florida International 2013-2014 · him Head coach, them DC
- Kevin Wolthausen · Florida International 2013 · him Head coach, them ST coord.
- Rob Harley* · Florida International 2014 · him Head coach, them Position
- Sam Siefkes · Florida International 2014 · him Head coach, them Analyst
- Steve Shankweiler · Florida International 2014-2016 · him Head coach, them OC
- Matt House · Florida International 2015 · him Head coach, them DC, Position
- Ron Cooper · Florida International 2015-2016 · him Head coach, them DC, Head coach, Position
- Tem Lukabu · Florida International 2015 · him Head coach, them Position
- Tim Harris Jr. · Florida International 2015-2016 · him Head coach, them Position