Wednesday brought word that Texas A&M’s defensive line coach was hired for the same job at Indiana. The dawn of a new day has brought word that Kevin Sumlin has addressed his line vacancy on the other side of the ball, and with a very familiar face at that.
Billy Liucci of TexAgs.com was the first to report that Sumlin has decided to bring Jim Turner back as his offensive line coach. FOXSports.com‘s Bruce Feldman subsequently confirmed the initial report.
Turner would replace Dave Christensen, who “parted ways” with the program earlier this month. According to 247Sports.com, Turner “was chosen over former Tennessee Titans offensive line coach Bob Bostad and current McNeese State offensive line coach Eman Naghavi” to be Christensen’s replacement.
Turner spent the 2008-11 seasons as the line coach at A&M under Mike Sherman. After Sherman’s firing in December of 2011, Turner followed the ex-Aggies head coach to the Miami Dolphins, where the former was the line coach and the latter the offensive coordinator.
After two seasons with the NFL club, Turner was fired after getting swept up in the maelstrom that was the Dolphins’ bullying and harassment scandal. Turner subsequently filed a lawsuit claiming “his reputation and career have been unfairly affected” by the reports commissioned by the NFL.
Turner spent the 2014 and 2015 seasons “in private business” before being hired earlier this year to be the line coach of the Cincinnati Bearcats.In addition to piecing together one of the top OL hauls in CFB history, Turner also signed a little-known basketball player named Mike Evans
— Billy Liucci (@billyliucci) February 11, 2016
Rolled your eyes at ‘one of best in history’ comment? The class produced two All-Americans, three NFL First Rounders and four draft picks.
— Billy Liucci (@billyliucci) February 11, 2016
