Joiner Returns to Chargers

SAN DIEGO (Chargers) - Charlie Joiner, the San Diego Chargers’ all-time leading receiver and a member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame, is returning to the Bolts’ sidelines to serve as the team’s wide receivers coach. This is Joiner’s second stint on the Chargers’ coaching staff. He also coached wide receivers from 1987-91.

In San Diego, he’ll work with a deep and talented receiving corps that includes veterans Chris Chambers, Vincent Jackson and Eric Parker, along with Buster Davis and Legedu Naanee, both chosen in the 2007 NFL Draft.

Joiner played a total of 18 seasons in the AFL and NFL with the Houston Oilers (1969-72), Cincinnati Bengals (1972-75) and Chargers (1976-86). He was drafted by Houston in the fourth round of the 1969 NFL Draft as a defensive back and he retired on Jan. 12, 1987 as the NFL’s all-time leading receiver with 750 career catches. He was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1996. Joiner’s final career totals included 12,146 yards and 65 TDs. At the time of his retirement, Joiner’s 239 career games played were the most-ever by an NFL wide receiver.