Ted Tollner was an assistant coach in the National Football League for 15 seasons, including stints as offensive coordinator for the San Diego Chargers, San Francisco 49ers and Detroit Lions.
19 Facts About Ted Tollner
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Ted Tollner attended California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, where he played quarterback.
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Ted Tollner was on the 1960 Mustangs team that suffered a plane crash in Toledo, Ohio.
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Ted Tollner survived the plane crash; however, 22 people of the 45 people on board were killed, including 16 of his teammates.
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Ted Tollner was later a member of the silver medal-winning US baseball team at the 1963 Pan American Games.
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Ted Tollner's first coaching job was at Morro Bay High School.
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Ted Tollner served for a year there before moving on to Woodside High School where he worked one year as offensive coordinator before coming head coach.
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Ted Tollner then coached at College of San Mateo from 1968 to 1972.
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Ted Tollner served as the offensive coordinator for San Diego State under Claude Gilbert from 1973 to 1980.
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Ted Tollner served as the quarterbacks coach at Brigham Young in 1981.
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Ted Tollner became offensive coordinator of the USC Trojans football program under head coach John Robinson in 1982, and succeeded to the head coaching position a year later when Robinson stepped down to take an administrative post at the university.
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Ted Tollner led the Trojans to the Pacific-10 conference championship in 1984.
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Ted Tollner was known for scheduling a tough non-conference schedule including schools like Washington, Wisconsin, USC, Arizona, Arizona State and Oklahoma.
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Ted Tollner served as the wide receivers coach for the Buffalo Bills from 1987 to 1988.
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Ted Tollner served as the offensive coordinator for the San Diego Chargers from 1989 to 1991.
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Ted Tollner served as the quarterbacks coach for the Los Angeles Rams from 1992 to 1993.
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When Steve Mariucci and several of his assistants were fired 11 weeks into the season, Tollner was demoted to tight ends coach for the remainder of the season.
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On December 30,2008, Ted Tollner was dismissed from the 49ers along with running backs coach Tony Nathan and offensive coordinator Mike Martz.
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On February 4,2009, Ted Tollner was introduced as a part of the Oakland Raiders' coaching staff as he was named the passing game coordinator of the team.