Turner Gill Bio
Turner
Gill, a former All-Big Eight signal caller for the Huskers, returns
for his 10th season as Nebraska's quarterbacks coach.
Gill will again work with senior
quarterback Eric Crouch for the fourth season in 2001. Under Gill's
tutelage, Crouch has joined the most elite list of quarterbacks, as he
is less than 200 yards from becoming NU's all-time total offense
leader.
Last season, Crouch guided the Huskers
to a 10-2 record while moving into 13th place overall on the NU career
rushing list. With 2,319 rushing yards, Crouch also passed Steve
Taylor's school record of 2,125 rushing yards by a quarterback, while
his 2,971 passing yards ranks sixth at NU.
As one of the fastest players on the
team, Crouch, who owns a 24-5 record as the team's signal caller, led
NU to its 14th NCAA rushing title, as the Huskers averaged 349.3
rushing yards per game. Nebraska was also sixth in the nation in total
offense per game (459.9 ypg), as Crouch completed 75-of-156 passes for
1,101 yards and 11 touchdowns.
In 1997, Scott Frost orchestrated the
Nebraska option attack to perfection. Frost became the first Husker
quarterback and only the 10th in NCAA history to pass and rush for
1,000 yards in the same season. His 2,332 yards of total offense
ranked as the second-best total in school history, trailing Jerry
Tagge's 1971 total by one yard. Frost finished his two-year run as
NU's signal caller with a 24-2 record, including a national title.
In 1995, Husker signal caller Tommie
Frazier was a consensus first-team All-American, won the Johnny Unitas
Golden Arm Award, finished as the runner-up for the Heisman Trophy and
was a Davey O'Brien Award finalist. Frazier also became Gill's first
all-conference quarterback in four seasons at Nebraska and set several
school records, including the career total offense mark.
In his rookie season as a full-time
member of the coaching staff, Gill watched as Frazier became the first
player in Nebraska history to start at quarterback as a true freshman
in 1992. Frazier went on to earn Big Eight Newcomer-of-the-Year
accolades. A year later, Frazier earned second-team All-Big Eight
honors.
Gill's development of excellent
quarterbacks is far from his only asset to the Husker staff. He is
regarded as a strong recruiter, covering Alabama, Arkansas, Louisiana,
Oklahoma, Kentucky and north central and eastern Texas for Nebraska.
Along with Dan Young, Gill also heads up the "Hire a Husker" program,
which matches NU student-athletes with local businesses for summer
employment.
As Nebraska's starting signal caller
from 1981 through 1983, Gill led the Huskers to a 28-2 mark, including
a 20-0 league record, and three conference titles.
A three-time All-Big Eight pick and a
second-team All-American as a senior, Gill was the key to the Huskers'
high-octane offense in 1983, a season in which NU I-back Mike Rozier
won the Heisman Trophy and Gill finished fourth in the voting for
collegiate football's top award. The 1983 team finished 12-1 and
second in the final polls. In his four-year career (1980-83), Gill
completed 231 of 428 passes for 3,317 yards, 34 touchdowns and a .540
completion percentage and rushed for 1,317 yards and 18 TDs. He is
sixth on NU's all-time total offense chart with 4,634 yards.
A talented all-around athlete, Gill
spent two seasons with the Canadian Football League's Montreal
Concordes (1984-85) and three years (1986-88) in the Cleveland and
Detroit minor league baseball systems. He left baseball and returned
to his native state to the University of North Texas in 1989, where he
was a volunteer assistant football coach and earned a B.A. in behavior
analysis in 1990.
Gill returned to Nebraska in 1990 and
served as a graduate assistant on the Husker staff, then moved to SMU
as a graduate assistant for the 1991 campaign. He served as the
Mustangs' receivers coach for that season, and was elevated to a
full-time coaching position, but returned to Nebraska in August of
1992. Gill has taken graduate courses at both SMU and Nebraska.
He is married to the former Gayle
DeBrie, of Kearney, Neb., and they have two daughters, Jordan, 12, and
Margaux, 8.
Head Coaches Register Online
July 2, 2026
Dave Ellis
FuelingTactics.com
Topic:
Strength/Speed/Nutrition
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Applied Sports
Nutritionist
Dave Ellis Bio:
David Ellis has earned a
reputation as a pioneer and leader in the field of applied sports
nutrition. Ellis is also a valued consultant to some of the
nations food industry leaders. As a director of performance
nutrition support services at the collegiate level, Ellis has
orchestrated the most highly evolved performance nutrition support
service models in the country.
Personal Information:
- Married since '87 to Delynn
Sempek with three children (Clark -10, A.J.-6, Madelynn-2 yrs.)
- Born - Alexandria, LA 3/30/62
- Grew up in Omaha Nebraska
playing hockey and baseball. Still competitive playing senior
hockey and coaching youth hockey. USA Hockey Certified Coach
(IP, Associate / Intermediate & Advanced '03)
Work Experiences & Community
Leadership:
- Two decades of experience
working and consulting with athletes, coaches and food industry
leaders across the nation.
- Hired by Nebraska athletics in
'82 as a freshmen in college, was the strength coach for
baseball, softball, volleyball and assisted with football and
was in charge of body composition assessment.
- Graduated from Nebraska in '87.
Founded the Lincoln Ice Skating Ass. to promote development of
an ice arena in Lincoln NE (joint effort with figure and
hockey).
- Hired by Nebraska Ast. AD/Former
Head Strength Coach '87-'90 to run his private coaching
consulting firm formerly known as Body Enterprises designing
weight rooms, programs and nutrition plans for coaches across
the country.
- Hired away to Wisconsin '90 �
'94 where Ellis played a dual role initially as strength and
nutrition, which became full time nutrition. Started a
multi-university purchasing cooperative now called Sports
Alliance
www.sports-alliance.com.
- Hired back to Nebraska in '94 as
Director of Performance Nutrition. Founded the Lincoln Ice
Hockey Association (USA Hockey affiliated youth hockey league).
- Resumed graduate studies,
completed R.D. rotations and certification in '99/'00 and will
be done with M.S. Honors in Nutrition '02.
- Specializing in feeding and
hydration interventions during two a day practices to minimize
health risks to the athletes as well as bowl preparation to peak
for conference and national championship campaigns. Involved
with multiple bowl victories starting with the '94 Rose Bowl,
'95 Orange Bowl, '96 Fiesta Bowl and '97 Orange Bowl, '98 Orange
Bowl, '00 Fiesta Bowl, '01 Alamo Bowl three of which were
National Championship football season.
- In addition to working with
football Ellis has coordinated a nutrition support service staff
for all 750+ athletes (24 sports) in the University of Nebraska
athletic department. This includes: team education, shopping
trips, menu writing, quality assurance of training table, travel
meals, body composition and eating disorder assessment,
counseling and supplement dispensing programs.
- Out of demand for Ellis services
he leaves the University of Nebraska Athletic Department in July
'01 to liberate more time for research, projecting and
consulting to athletics and food industry. Ellis' consulting
corporation is called Sports Alliance.
Education:
- Hold BD degree in dietetics from
UNL '87
- Registered Dietitian (R.D.) via
the American Dietetics Association '00
- MS Degree UNL & Thesis on weight
carrying capacity of athletes relative to frame size '02
- Ellis plans to continue working
towards his Ph.D.
Affiliations:
- Certified Strength &
Conditioning Specialist (C.S.C.S.) with distinction via the
National Strength & Conditioning Association & Member.
- Registered Dietitian (R.D.) via
American Dietetics Association & Member.
- Licensed Medical Nutritional
Therapist (L.M.N.T.) via the Nebraska Dep. of Health.
- Member of the American Society
of Nutritional Sciences
- Member of the American College
of Sports Medicine
- Member of the International
Federation of Food Technologist
- N.C.A.A. liaison for N.S.C.A.
Collegiate Strength Coaches on Sports Nutrition related issues.
- Lincoln Nebraska Dietetics
Association Committee Chair for Legislative Issues
Honors & Accomplishment:
- Honored at New Achiever of the
Year by the Univ. of Nebraska Nutrition College '01
- Have been involved with seven
bowl victories starting with the '94 Rose Bowl, '95 Orange Bowl,
'96 Fiesta Bowl and 97 Orange Bowl, '98 Orange Bowl, '00 Fiesta
Bowl &' 01 Alamo Bowl and Three National Championships out of
the last seven seasons.
- Author of a chapter for CRC
Press publications (Travel Nutrition), two published research
articles (Body Composition & Supplementation), and dozens of
popular press articles on the applied side of fueling and
training.
- Author of fuelingtactics.com
web page for Applied Sports Nutritionist
- Author of Three Winning Steps
Performance Meal Guide Poster & Fuelingtactics� Video
- Editorial board member for
Training & Conditioning Magazine and Conditioning Press
- Speaker at multiple national and
regional sports medicine and nutrition conferences.
- Consultant to DuPont, MLB, NHL,
NFL, Olympics, America�s Cup & Military on nutrition and
training topics.
- Extensive experience with all
forms of media including professional media training, Dale
Carnegie Training Courses as well as multiple other personnel
management related courses.
- Appearance lends credibility to
authority position on nutrition and exercise. Career in
broadcasting in front of the camera has been suggested on
multiple occasions. Currently I am a spokesperson for DuPont's
Nutrition and Health Division.
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