Nearly 20 years after the Raiders fired Norv Turner from his HC post, they are bringing back the veteran offensive coach. As Scott Turner looms as the most likely OC fill-in, his father is coming in, NFL.com’s Ian Rapoport, Tom Pelissero and Mike Garafolo report.
Norv Turner surfaced as a potential staff addition recently, as the Raiders determine their post-Luke Getsy path. The older Turner is coming in as an assistant, with the Las Vegas Review-Journal’s Vincent Bonsignore noting the Raiders are hiring him for an advisory role. Although it is not yet known if Scott Turner will be the Raiders’ new play-caller, signs are pointing to it.
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This marks an unretirement for Norv Turner, 72. He last worked as the Panthers’ OC from 2018-19. Once the Panthers fired Ron Rivera that year, Norv moved into a different role as Scott became Carolina’s play-caller. Scott Turner parlayed that Panthers stint into a three-year run as Washington’s OC. The Raiders hired him as pass-game coordinator after his 2023 Commanders dismissal. With Getsy gone, the Turners appear set to play a central role in the Raiders’ second-half plans on offense.
Al Davis initially hired Turner after firing Bill Callahan, but the former Washington HC and future San Diego leader could not prevent what became an extended period of Raiders futility. Norv went 9-23 as Raiders HC, taking over an aging team that ended up saying goodbye to most of its Super Bowl XXXVII bastions — including Rich Gannon, Tim Brown, Jerry Rice and Rod Woodson — during his short HC tenure. (The Raiders traded Rice to the Seahawks during the ’04 season.) The Raiders acquired Randy Moss in 2005, and while the all-time WR great fared better under Turner than he did during a disastrous 2006 Oakland season, Davis still fired his HC ahead of a search that produced a second Art Shell HC stint — one that lasted all of one season.
Turner went just 1-for-7 in playoff berths as Washington’s HC but was 3-for-6 in San Diego. Since the Chargers canned him following the 2012 season, Turner spent time as OC for the Browns (2013), Vikings (2014-16) and Panthers before retiring from coaching. Norv’s 15 seasons of HC experience aside, his most successful coaching period came when he served as Cowboys OC under Jimmy Johnson for three early-1990s seasons during a period that doubled as the launch of the team’s ’90s dynasty.
Scott Turner, 42, will have his father and fellow ex-HC Joe Philbin to lean on, with Antonio Pierce‘s staff also including a third former HC in Marvin Lewis. Pierce said he would spend a day or two determining where he would turn for OC. Ex-Packers OC Edgar Bennett is also on the Raiders’ staff, but an announcement installing Scott Turner as the next play-caller appears imminent.
Meanwhile….in Las Vegas.
Jerry being Jerry, Vegas being Vegas….however, I think this isn’t a bad move. It cannot get worse than it already is
Yeah our offensive play calling could not be any worse. Now we’re also down an offensive weapon after trading Davante, but we needed to do something here.
20 bucks to the first guy who knows someone named norv irl
You should hope Mark Davis isn’t a reader here. If so, you’re about to be out twenty bucks. He could definitely use the money. Lol
He needs it for his great clips haircut.
One of my buddies cousin’s is married to a guy named Scott, who just happens to be a coordinator for the Raiders. Her father-in-law, not coincidentally, is named Norv.
You didn’t say that it had to be a different Norv.
ok someone other than norv turner there i said it 20 bucks venmo lets go
If not for Cleveland and Carolina, this might be the worst ran franchise in the league. This has all the markings of throwing things against the wall, just hoping something sticks. If they believe they need to bring Norv in to help his son call plays, then they should make Scott the playcaller. Go out and try to find someone you actually believe in for the role.
Definitely a bottom 10% ownership group
Just afraid his outdated playbook won’t offer much help turning things around. The game evolves constantly n Norv’s been away for awhile. His heyday was as Cowboys OC during there championship seasons. That was along time ago.
If I see even ONE “I-Formation” I may go postal
This is a joke, right?
Norv is the option you go with when neither Ike or Tina Turner are available 🙂
Absolutely nothing wrong with the I Formation. It made Emmitt Smith the NFL’s leading rusher. Every team should have a blocking fullback.
Aside from possibly trying to help his son, why would any professional want to be associated with this dumpster fire? Anthony Pierce will not be there next year. It’s unlikely that general manager should even be there next year. Everything about this franchise is currently toxic.
So Norv was sitting in his easy chair having a scotch and a cigar, playing Yahtzee, when Mark Davis calls him and says “Hey do you want to be our OC for the rest of the season? I’ll pay you $1M! You have no weapons, backup QBs, and a rookie HC with no pro coaching experience, but who cares?” And Norv said “Sure”.