Chadron State College Athletics

Turman and Rick Watson were among the players who helped Bill Giles turn the Eagles’ football fortunes in the right direction in the late 1960s. Turman, who is married to Watson’s sister Dianne, also has had an exceptional high school coaching career.
A graduate of Alliance St. Agnes,  Turman alternated at quarterback with Mike Winchell, often every other play, his first two years at CSC and then was the starter his final two years, although he missed a total of five games those seasons because of injuries.  He still owned virtually every school passing record when he concluded his career in 1970. He completed 177 of 380 passes for 3,307 yards and 28 touchdowns. He also earned his master’s degree at CSC in 1976.
Since 1980, Turman has been the head football coach at Bishop Neumann High School at Wahoo, where his teams had a 201-86 cumulative record entering the 2008 season.  His Cavaliers have reached the state playoffs 17 times, were the Class C-1 state champions with 13-0 records in both 2002 and ’03 and have played in the championship game three other times.