Chargers Old Head Coach

He found one in michael badgley a rookie lynn didn t know how well he knew.

Chargers old head coach. Anthony ray lynn born december 21 1968 is an american football coach and former running back who is the current head coach of the los angeles chargers of the national football league nfl. Marty schottenheimer the head coach before turner led the team into the playoffs in 2004 and 2006 but they were unsuccessful both times. Head coach on jan. 13 2017 the los angeles chargers named anthony lynn the 16th head coach in franchise history and the first african american head coach in team annals.

Former bills offensive coordinator anthony lynn has agreed to a four year deal to become the head coach of the chargers ian rapoport reports. Lynn joined the chargers after spending the 2015 16 seasons with the buffalo bills as the assistant head coach running backs coach and holding the positions of offensive coordinator and interim head coach. His greatest coaching success came after he was persuaded by barron hilton then the chargers majority owner to become the head coach of the american football league franchise he planned to operate in los angeles. Sid gillman coached the los angeles and san diego chargers to five western division titles and one league championship in the first six years of the league s existence.

The current coach for the chargers is norv turner who in 2007 led the team to a win in the playoffs for the first time since bobby ross in 1992. The team officially announced the hire friday night.