Ken Norton, Jr.

Ken Norton Jr.

Norton at USC's pregame "Trojan Walk" in 2008
Oakland Raiders
Position:	Defensive coordinator
Personal information
Date of birth:	(1966-09-29) September 29, 1966 (age 50)
Place of birth:	Jacksonville, Illinois
Height:	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Weight:	236 lb (107 kg)
Career information
High school:	Los Angeles (CA) Westchester
College:	UCLA
NFL Draft:	1988 / Round: 2 / Pick: 41
Career history
As player:
Dallas Cowboys (1988–1993) San Francisco 49ers (1994–2000)
As coach:
Southern California (2004–2008) Linebackers coach Southern California (2009) Assistant head coach & linebackers coach Seattle Seahawks (2010–2014) Linebackers coach Oakland Raiders (2015–present) Defensive coordinator
Career highlights and awards
As player 3× Pro Bowl (1993, 1995, 1997) First-team All-Pro (1995) Second-team All-Pro (1993) 3× Super Bowl champion (XXVII, XXVIII, XXIX) Ed Block Courage Award (1991) First-team All-American (1987) First-team All-Pac-10 (1987) As coach Super Bowl champion (XLVIII)
Career NFL statistics
Tackles: 1,274 Sacks: 12.5 Interceptions: 5 Defensive Touchdowns: 2 Player stats at NFL.com
Player stats at PFR

Kenneth Howard Norton Jr. (born September 29, 1966) is an American football coach and former player who is currently the defensive coordinator for the Oakland Raiders of the National Football League (NFL). Norton played college football for the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), and received All-American honors. He was drafted in the second round of the 1987 NFL Draft, and played thirteen seasons for the NFL's Dallas Cowboys and San Francisco 49ers. He has previously served as the linebackers coach and the assistant head coach for the University of Southern California , then the linebackers coach for the Seattle Seahawks of the NFL.

He is the only player in NFL history to win a Super Bowl ring in three consecutive years.

Norton Jr. is a graduate of Westchester High School in California, where he played as a running back averaging 8.8 yards per carry as a senior.

He went on to play at UCLA from 1984 to 1987, where he was converted to linebacker, the position he would play for the remainder of his football career.

Norton was a member of the 1985 conference championship team, and helped the Bruins to four consecutive bowl game wins. He led team in tackles in 1986 with 106 and did it again in 1987 with 125. He ranks sixth in school history with 339 career tackles.

He earned All-American honors in 1987, was a finalist for the Butkus Award and was named the team's defensive MVP.