Ron Turner ( American football ) Ronald David " Ron " Turner ( born December 5 , 1953 ) is an American football coach and former player ; he is the current head coach of Florida International University ( FIU ) Panthers football team . He previously served as the quarterbacks coach for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers of the National Football League ( NFL ) , a position he assumed in March 2012 . Turner served as the head football coach at San Jose State University in 1992 , and the University of Illinois at Urbana – Champaign from 1997 to 2004 , compiling a career college football record of 42 – 61 . Turner also had two separate stints as the offensive coordinator for the Chicago Bears of the National Football League ( NFL ) , the first from 1993 – 1996 , and most recently from 2005 – 2009 . College career . Turner played college football as a wide receiver for Diablo Valley College from 1973 – 1974 , and the University of the Pacific from 1975 – 1976 . He was inducted into the school ’ s athletic Hall of Fame in 2009 . He earned a scholarship to the University of the Pacific , where he led the Tigers in receiving in 1975 and 1976 and totaled 40 receptions for 666 yards with three touchdowns . Coaching career . College coaching career . Turner began his coaching career as a graduate assistant at Pacific before earning his first full - time college job coaching running backs and receivers at University of Arizona ( 1978 – 1980 ) . He moved on to be an assistant at Northwestern University ( 1981 – 1982 ) , the University of Pittsburgh ( 1983 – 1984 ) , the University of Southern California ( 1985 – 1987 ) , Texas A & M University ( 1988 ) , and Stanford University ( 1989 – 1991 ) , before earning his first head coaching job at San Jose State University in 1992 . Turner was the head coach at San Jose State for one season before being hired by Dave Wannstedt in the first of his two stints as the Bears offensive coordinator . Between his two stints with the Bears , Turner spent eight years as head coach at the University of Illinois . His overall record at Illinois was 35 wins and 57 losses , for a winning percentage of . 380 . The highlight of his tenure came in 2001 when he guided the Illini to a 10 – 2 record , the Big Ten Conference title , and an appearance in the Sugar Bowl , which Illinois lost to LSU . That season , Turner was named the Big Ten Coach of the Year . His only other winning season was in 1999 , when he led the Illini to the Micron PC Bowl . Turner followed up the successful 2001 campaign with three consecutive losing seasons and was fired . Two of his teams were winless in the Big Ten , going 0 – 8 in 1997 and again in 2003 . Turner is the only coach in the more than 100 - year history of Illinois football to lose 11 games in a season , which he also accomplished in those same two seasons . His 1997 team was only the third in school history not to win a single game , going 0 - 11 . Turner presided over three of the top six offenses in Illini history in terms of total yards , while four of his eight Illinois squads currently rank in the school ' s top 11 for scoring , including the 2001 team that scored a school - record 390 points . Three of the top six all - time leading rushers at Illinois and three of the school ' s top ten all - time leading receivers played during the Turner era . There were over 20 former Illini who played under Turner on NFL rosters at the end of the 2007 season . Chicago Bears . The Bears team completion percentages in 1994 ( 61 . 4 % ) and 1995 ( 60 . 2 % ) rank as the highest in team history . Chicago ’ s net passing yard total of 3 , 743 in 1995 ranks second in team annals while the total of 3 , 185 in 1996 was pushed to sixth in team history by the team ’ s totals from 2006 and 2007 . With Erik Kramer at quarterback in 1995 , the Bears set a team record for passing yards per game with 233 . 9 while compiling the fifth - most points in team history with 392 . Kramer set club records with 29 touchdown passes and 10 interceptions ( least among 16 - game starters ) . The 1995 squad produced the third - most total net yards ( 5 , 673 ) and the second - most first downs ( 340 ) in team history . The offense also featured a 1 , 000 - yard rusher and two 1 , 000 - yard receivers in 1995 , the only such season in team history . During his earlier four years with the Bears as offensive coordinator / quarterbacks coach under head coach Dave Wannstedt , Turner guided some of the most prolific offenses in club history . Turner was hired for his second stint with Chicago on January 9 , 2005 , replacing Terry Shea as Bears offensive coordinator . In 2005 season , Chicago started a rookie a quarterback , Kyle Orton , who was a fourth - round draft pick , and compiled a 10 – 5 record . Chicago featured the eighth - ranked running game in the NFL in 2005 . The 2 , 099 rushing yards totaled by the Bears were the franchise ' s most in a season since 1990 when the team rushed for 2 , 436 yards . Chicago also tied for the NFL - lead with 19 runs of 20 or more yards in 2005 after recording just seven such rushing gains in 2004 . On the season , the Bears rushed for over 100 yards in 13 of 16 regular season games featuring six individual 100 - yard rushing performances . Turner contributed to Chicago ’ s appearance in Super Bowl XLI by coordinating an offense that ranked 15th in the NFL in total yards in 2006 . He has coordinated the team ’ s offense in each of its last six playoff games with Chicago owning a 3 – 3 record in those contests while averaging 25 . 7 points per game . Turner also holds the distinction of being the offensive coordinator for each of the top two quarterbacks in Bears history in single - season gross passing yardage . Erik Kramer set the franchise record with 3 , 838 passing yards under Turner in 1995 while Rex Grossman finished 2006 as the runner - up in that category with 3 , 193 yards . The Bears were the only NFL team with six players with five or more touchdowns in 2006 . Chicago ’ s 38 offensive touchdowns ( 24 passing , 14 rushing ) in 2006 were the unit ' s highest single - season total since scoring 44 in 1995 . In 2006 , the Bears led the NFC while tying for second in the NFL with 427 points , the second - highest single - season scoring total in team annals . Chicago topped the 30 - point plateau twice in 2008 , four times in 2007 and accomplished the feat seven times during the 2006 season , the team ' s most 30 - point games in one campaign since registering eight in 1956 . The Bears scored 48 points against the Vikings on October 19 , 2008 , the most for the club since tallying 48 on December 7 , 1986 versus Tampa Bay . The offense has compiled more than 300 total net yards in 25 of their last 48 games after doing so just three times in 2005 ; the third season of Turner ' s first stint with the team . The last time Chicago had six players combine for at least five touchdowns was 1948 . In 2008 , the Bears passing offense continued to develop under Turner . Bears quarterbacks threw for over 3 , 000 net passing yards for the third straight season , a first for the franchise since the 1997 - 99 campaigns . Chicago has passed for over 3 , 000 net yards in six of the previous eight seasons under Turner ’ s direction . In 2008 , Turner helped oversee the development of rookie running back Matt Forte . Forte set Bears rookie records for rushing yards ( 1 , 238 ) , yards from scrimmage ( 1 , 715 ) and receptions ( 63 ) . The passing game was led by quarterback Kyle Orton in 2008 . In 2008 , Orton recorded the sixth - most passing yards in team history ( 2 , 972 ) , fourth - most completions ( 272 ) , the fifth - highest completion percentage ( 58 . 5 ) and 13th - highest passer rating ( 79 . 6 ) in 15 starts . Orton ’ s nine starts without an interception in 2008 were tied for fourth - most in the NFL and most by a Bears quarterback since 1995 . Orton also threw a team - record 205 consecutive pass attempts without an interception last season . Chicago scored 375 total points in 2008 , tied for seventh - most in franchise history . In 2009 , Bears acquired Pro Bowl quarterback Jay Cutler . After throwing 19 TD passes and 25 interceptions in the first 14 games , Cutler passed for eight TDs and one pick in season ' s last two games against the Vikings and Lions , giving him more TDs ( 27 ) than interceptions ( 26 ) this season . The Bears offense generated season - highs vs . Detroit with 418 total yards and 22 first downs , giving the unit 718 yards and 41 first downs in its final two games . On January 5 , 2010 , he and several of his assistants were fired . The Bears qualified for the postseason in three of Turner ’ s eight seasons with the team . Indianapolis Colts . After being fired by the Chicago Bears after the Bears poor 2009 season , Turner was hired as offensive coordinator by Stanford . However , four weeks later he became wide receivers coach for the Indianapolis Colts . Florida International . On January 3 , 2013 , Turner was hired as the head coach of FIU , becoming the young program ' s third coach and taking the reins as the program entered Conference USA . leading the team to 1 - 11 record , 7th in East Division . Personal life . Turner is the brother of Norv Turner , former head coach of the San Diego Chargers . Ron and his wife , Wendy , have two sons , Morgan and Cameron , and two daughters , Cally and Madison . Cameron is currently the quarterbacks and wide receivers coach at FIU after serving as an assistant to Leslie Frasier for the Minnesota Vikings . Morgan , is currently the tight ends coach at Stanford University .