Ken Norton Junior
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Position (s): Linebacker |
Jersey number (s): 51 |
| born on September 29, 1966 in Lincoln , Illinois | |
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| Active : 1988 - 2000 | |
| NFL Draft : 1988 / Round: 2 / Pick: 41 | |
| College : UCLA | |
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| Career statistics | |
| Tackles | 1,130 |
| Sacks | 12.5 |
| Interceptions | 5 |
| Stats at NFL.com | |
| Stats at pro-football-reference.com | |
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Kenneth "Ken" Howard Norton, Jr. (* 29. September 1966 in Lincoln , Illinois ) is a former American American football poker players and current trainer. The son of Ken Norton played as a linebacker in the National Football League (NFL) for 13 years and won the Super Bowl three times in a row .
Since 2018 he has been the Seattle Seahawks Defensive Coordinator .
College and NFL
After graduating from high school, Norton studied sociology at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) and played for UCLA Bruins . In 1988 Norton was selected by the Dallas Cowboys in the second round of the NFL Draft . The linebacker played for the Texans for the next five years, winning Super Bowl XXVII and Super Bowl XXVIII with them . At Super Bowl XXVII, Ken Norton played a decisive role in the Cowboys' win when he recorded a fumble and scored a touchdown in the final quarter .
In 1993 he went to California to the San Francisco 49ers and won the Super Bowl XXIX there in the first year . This makes Ken Norton Jr. the only player to have won three Super Bowls in a row. He stayed with the 49ers until his retirement in 2000. In 1993 and 1995 Norton was nominated for the Pro Bowl .
1994 had the running back of the Los Angeles Raiders , Napoleon McCallum , his career after a tackle finish by Ken Norton. McCallum fell unhappy and broke his knee.
After the professional career
After his playing career, Ken Norton Jr. worked as a radio and television analyst and coached the Hamilton High School team .
From 2004 to 2009 he trained the linebackers with the USC Trojans . He then followed Head Coach Pete Carroll to the Seattle Seahawks , where he also trained the linebackers. With the Seahawks he won Super Bowl XLVIII and lost the following year with them in Super Bowl XLIX against the New England Patriots . In the week after the defeat by the Patriots, he moved to the 2015 season as Defensive Coordinator for the Oakland Raiders and Head Coach Jack Del Rio . In January 2018, the Seahawks signed him as their defensive coordinator.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Raiders name Ken Norton, Jr. Defensive Coordinator. the club announced Friday. (No longer available online.) In: raiders.com. Oakland Raiders, February 6, 2015, archived from the original on February 7, 2015 ; Retrieved on February 7, 2015 (English): "After retiring from the NFL in 2000, he was a radio and television commentator and analyst, including appearances on the NFL Network. He also served as the defensive coordinator at Hamilton High School in Los Angeles, Calif., In 2003. " Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Josh Dubow: Raiders hire Ken Norton Jr. as defensive coordinator. In: sports.yahoo.com. Yahoo Sports, February 7, 2015, accessed February 7, 2015 : “Norton has been linebackers coach for the Seahawks for five seasons, helping them win the Super Bowl last season and make it back this year. The Seahawks have led the league in scoring defense and total defense the past two seasons. "
- ^ Seahawks fire defensive coordinator Kris Richard, linebackers coach Michael Barrow. The Seattle Times, January 16, 2018, accessed January 18, 2018 .
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| SURNAME | Norton, Ken junior |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Norton, Kenneth Howard junior (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American football player and coach |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 29, 1966 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Lincoln , Illinois , United States |