Bobby Turner, who was a defensive assistant on the North Carolina Central University football staff during the 2016 conference championship season, returned to the Eagles' staff as the tight ends coach in July 2018.
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Turner served as a graduate assistant and video coordinator at NCCU from 2014-16 under head coach Jerry Mack. After earning his master’s degree in athletic administration from NCCU, he accepted another graduate assistant position at Bowling Green State University in 2017, working with the defensive line.
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During the spring of 2018, Turner worked as linebackers and special teams coach at Shaw University in Raleigh, North Carolina.
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A native of Cartersville, Georgia, Turner graduated from the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga in 2013 with a bachelor’s degree in health and human performance. Due to injury, Turner’s playing career was cut short and he began student coaching with the offensive staff, as well as assisting with video operations.
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