Turner Gill

Turner Gill

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.

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 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.

2006

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 Auburn, Wisconsin Badgers, and Boston College in 2006.

In 2006, Buffalo scored the most points in a season (220) since moving to Division I. UB also scored the most points (201) of any team in the Mid-American Conference East Division and defeated the first team (Kent State University) with a winning record since joining Mid-American Conference in 1999. The Bulls finished the 2006 season 2-10.

2007

So far, Gill has won 4 of his first 9 games Surpassing the total number of wins from last season (2), as well as conference wins in a season since the Bulls joined the Mid-American Conference in 1999 (3).

So far, UB is in first place in the Mid-American Conference East Divison.

Head coaching record

Year	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Bowl/playoffs	Rank#
University at Buffalo Bulls (Mid American Conference) (2006–2007)
2006	Buffalo	2-10	1-7	6 - East
2007	Florida	4-5	4-1	1 - East
Buffalo:		6-15	5-8	2007 season is in progress 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 in 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. 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. Gill is a graduate of the University of North Texas (1990). External links Buffalo Bio