14 Facts About Turk Schonert

Turk Leroy Schonert was a quarterback, quarterbacks coach and offensive coordinator in the National Football League.

Turk Schonert was a two-time All-American quarterback at Servite High School in Anaheim, California.

Turk Schonert played in the 1968 Little League World Series as a shortstop and third baseman for the Garden Grove, California team that finished in third place.

Turk Schonert finished as the school's third consecutive NCAA passing champion and set a team record for completion percentage.

Turk Schonert was selected by the Chicago Bears in the ninth round of the 1980 NFL Draft but never played for the franchise.

Turk Schonert played nine seasons with the Cincinnati Bengals, including the Super Bowl XVI and Super Bowl XXIII teams, and in between his stints with the Bengals, spent one season with the Atlanta Falcons.

Turk Schonert began coaching quarterbacks in 1992 with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers under Sam Wyche, his former head coach with the Bengals.

Turk Schonert, who returned to the Bills in 2006 and was promoted to offensive coordinator in 2008, had worked with Trent Edwards, a graduate of his alma mater, since Buffalo drafted the Stanford quarterback in 2007.

Turk Schonert was fired as the offensive coordinator for the Bills on September 4,2009, just before the start of the season and replaced with Alex Van Pelt.

Turk Schonert was hired as quarterbacks coach for the UFL's Hartford Colonials by head coach Jerry Glanville in 2011, but he was let go with the rest of the coaching staff when the franchise ceased operation prior to the 2011 season.

Turk Schonert was then hired by Jim Fassel as an offensive assistant for the UFL's Las Vegas Locomotives.

Turk Schonert was promoted to receivers coach in August 2014.

Turk Schonert continued coaching the Alouettes until his death from a heart attack in January 2019.

Turk Schonert died on January 17,2019, of an apparent heart attack; just two days after his 62nd birthday.