Fast Facts: Head Coach Norv Turner
- Norv (35-18, .660) has the top overall winning percentage in team history; top regular season (32-16, .667), and top postseason (3-2, .600). He’s ahead of Sid Gillman (.614), Don Coryell (.552), and Marty Schottenheimer (.588).
- The Chargers are 13-0 in December under Norv and 4-2 in January (playoffs). Three playoff wins is tied for most in team history. Norv’s theme upon taking the Chargers’ head coaching position, as told to The Sporting News on July 19, 2007 prior to his first training camp in San Diego: “We’re a very, very talented team; a team that’s capable of doing great things. Our goal is to be the most complete team in the league and to be playing our best football when the playoffs come around.”
- Norv gets the most out of his players. At Washington, he had a better winning percentage than the coach before him AND the coach after him. He accomplished the same with the Raiders; a better record than the coach before and after him.
- In 18 seasons as head coach or offensive coordinator, Norv’s offense has produced a top-10 rusher 13 times, including eight times in the top five.
- The team’s 13 wins are the second most in team history.
- This season’s 7-1 record on the road is the best road record in team history.
- The Chargers swept (4-0) the NFC East this year.
- A sign of strong team discipline: the Chargers have committed the second-fewest turnovers (17) and the third-fewest penalty yards (570).
- 78 penalties are the fewest by the Chargers since 1976 when there was 14-game seasons.
