Ted Tollner
American football coach
Alfred Theodore Tollner (born May 29, 1940) is an American former football coach. He was the head coach at the University of Southern California (USC) from 1983 to 1986 and San Diego State University (SDSU) from 1994 to 2001, compiling an overall college football record of 69–68–1. Tollner also was an assistant coach in the National Football League (NFL) for 15 seasons, including stints as offensive coordinator for the San Diego Chargers, San Francisco 49ers and Detroit Lions.
Playing career
Tollner attended California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, where he played quarterback. Tollner was on the 1960 Mustangs team that suffered a plane crash in Toledo, Ohio. He survived the plane crash; however, 22 people of the 45 people on board were killed, including 16 of his teammates.
With the Mustangs from 1959 through 1961, Tollner compiled 2,244 passing yards.
He was later a member of the silver medal-winning U.S. baseball team at the 1963 Pan American Games.
Coaching career
High school
Tollner's first coaching job was at Morro Bay High School. He 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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