Alameda, Calif. ? Norv Turner hoped he would get a second chance as an NFL head coach. He was thrilled to get it with the players in the silver-and-black uniforms he always wanted to wear.

Turner was hired Monday by the Oakland Raiders. The former Redskins coach takes over a team that went from the Super Bowl to a 4-12 mark in one tumultuous year.

After firing Bill Callahan, owner Al Davis went looking for a new coach who shared his belief in the Raiders’ mystique — and someone who could resuscitate Oakland’s struggling offense. Davis believes he found his man during a long weekend interview: Turner was raised in nearby Martinez, Calif., as an avid Raiders fan.

“I never played for the Raiders, but about 30 miles over there in Martinez, in the streets, I was Daryle Lamonica many times,” Turner said, recalling Oakland’s famed quarterback from 1967-74. “When my arm got tired, I was George Blanda. I grew up with the Raiders.”

Turner, considered one of football’s top offensive tacticians, was the offensive coordinator for two Super Bowl winners in Dallas in the early 1990s. He was the Miami Dolphins’ offensive coordinator the last two seasons.

Turner, 51, signed a three-year, $8 million contract with two option years.