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Keena Turner
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Turner in 1986
San Francisco 49ers
Position: Vice president
Senior advisor to the general manager
Personal information
Born: (1958-10-22) October 22, 1958 (age 66)
Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Height: 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Weight: 219 lb (99 kg)
Career information
High school: Chicago Vocational
College: Purdue
NFL Draft: 1980 / Round: 2 / Pick: 39
Career history
As player:
As coach:
  • Stanford (1992–1994)
    Linebackers coach
As executive:
  • San Francisco 49ers (2001–2003)
    Player development director
  • San Francisco 49ers (2004–2005)
    Alumni coordinator
  • San Francisco 49ers (2006–2007)
    Director of alumni coordinators
  • San Francisco 49ers (2008–2017)
    Vice president of football affairs
  • San Francisco 49ers (2018–present)
    Vice president & senior advisor to the general manager
Career highlights and awards
Career NFL statistics
Games: 153
Games started: 118
Sacks: 19.5
Interceptions: 11
Player stats at PFR

Keena Turner (born October 22, 1958) is a famous American football player. He later became a coach and now works as an executive. He played his entire professional career as a linebacker for the San Francisco 49ers. He was picked by the 49ers in the second round of the 1980 NFL draft.

Turner was 6 feet 2 inches tall and weighed about 237 pounds. He played for 11 seasons in the NFL. During his time with the 49ers, he won four Super Bowl championships! He was also chosen for the Pro Bowl once. A fun fact is that he played in Super Bowl XVI even though he had the chickenpox.

After he stopped playing football, Keena Turner worked as a TV co-host for 49ers pre-season games. Today, he is the team's vice president and a senior advisor to the general manager. Keena Turner and his wife, Linda, have three children named Sheena, Miles, and Ella.

Keena Turner's Coaching Days

After his playing career, Keena Turner became a coach. From 1992 to 1994, he coached linebackers at Stanford University. He worked under the famous coach Bill Walsh.

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