Don Turner | |
Birth Date: | 12 December 1930 |
Birth Place: | Monmouth, Illinois, U.S. |
Death Place: | Bella Vista, Arkansas, U.S. |
Alma Mater: | Monmouth (IL) (1956) |
Coach Team1: | Imperial Valley (assistant) |
Coach Years2: | 1964 |
Coach Team2: | Imperial Valley |
Coach Years3: | 1965–1967 |
Coach Team3: | Santa Barbara |
Coach Years4: | 1968–1971 |
Coach Team4: | UC Santa Barbara (assistant) |
Coach Years5: | 1972 |
Coach Team5: | Minnesota–Morris |
Coach Years6: | 1973–1974 |
Coach Team6: | United States International |
Coach Years7: | 1975–1976 |
Coach Team7: | Bemidji State |
Coach Years8: | 1978–1983 |
Coach Team8: | Eastern Oregon |
Coach Years9: | 1984–1986 |
Coach Team9: | Chadron State |
Coach Years10: | 1987–1989 |
Coach Team10: | Dubuque |
Coach Years11: | 1990–1992 |
Coach Team11: | Bethany (WV) |
Coach Years12: | 2002 |
Coach Team12: | North Mason HS (WA) |
Admin Years1: | 1972–1973 |
Admin Team1: | Minnesota–Morris |
Overall Record: | 95–103–3 (college) |
Championships: | 1 Evergreen (1980) |
Awards: | IIAC Coach of the Year (1987) |
Donald Duane "Coach D" Turner (December 12, 1930 – April 18, 2007) was an American football coach. He served in a variety coaching roles at number of high schools and colleges.
Turner was the head coach at the University of Minnesota Morris in Morris, Minnesota (1972), United States International University—now known as Alliant International University—in California (1973–1974), Bemidji State University in Bemidji, Minnesota (1975–1977), Eastern Oregon University in La Grande, Oregon (1978–1983), Chadron State College in Chadron, Nebraska (1984–1986), the University of Dubuque in Dubuque, Iowa (1987–1989), and Bethany College in Bethany, West Virginia (1990–1992).[1]
Turner's 1980 team at Eastern Oregon won the Evergreen Conference championship.[2]
After leaving the college game, Turner was an assistant coach and a head coach at a number of high schools, including North Mason High School in Mason County, Washington.[3]