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. ?Charlie brings to our staff 21 years of NFL coaching experience, 18 years of Hall of Fame playing experience and, maybe most important, vast experience with our offensive system,? said Head Coach Norv Turner. ?That combination is rare and we?re fortunate that Charlie was available.? Joiner played 11 seasons in San Diego (1976-86) and finished his career as the team?s all-time leader with 586 career catches. A three-time Pro Bowl choice following the 1976, ?79 & ?80 seasons, Joiner was inducted into the Chargers? Hall of Fame in 1993. His 9,203 receiving yards rank second in team history behind only Lance Alworth and his 47 touchdown catches rank third behind Alworth and Gary Garrison. He was selected as the team?s Most Inspirational Player seven times and he was honored by the City of San Diego on ?Charlie Joiner Day? in 1984 and ?86. Immediately after his retirement, Joiner was named the Bolts? wide receivers coach. One of his star pupils during his five seasons as WRs coach (1987-91) was Anthony Miller, who had a breakout 1,252-yard, 10-touchdown season in 1989 and earned Pro Bowl selections following the ?89 and ?90 seasons. In 1992 Joiner was hired as the wide receivers coach for the Buffalo Bills. He would spend eight seasons (1992-2000) in Western New York, working with a pair of the NFL?s best receivers in Eric Moulds and Andre Reed. During those eight seasons, the Bills went to the playoffs six times, won two AFC Championships and played in Super Bowls XXVII and XXVIII. Moulds had two of the most prolific seasons in Bills history, earning Pro Bowl honors following a team-record 1,368-yard season in 1998 and a 1,326-yard season in 2000. During the ?00 campaign, he also set a team record with 94 catches. Reed spent 15 seasons in Buffalo (1985-99), the last seven with Joiner. He is the Bills? all-time leader in receptions (941), yards (13,095) and touchdown catches (86). Reed was selected to three Pro Bowl teams under Joiner?s tutelage (1992-94), but did not play in the game following the ?93 season due to injury. Joiner?s most recent coaching stop was with the Kansas City Chiefs, spending seven seasons (2001-07) as their wide receivers coach. In 2007 Joiner oversaw the development of rookie Dwyane Bowe, who was the NFL?s leading rookie receiver with 70 catches, 995 yards and five touchdown catches. Bowe averaged an impressive 14.2 yards per catch during his rookie season. Bowe and Davis were college teammates at LSU and fellow first-round draft picks in 2007. Joiner?s stable of wide receivers in Kansas City also included veteran Eddie Kennison, another LSU grad who racked up back-to-back 1,000-yard seasons in 2004 and ?05. A native of Many, Louisiana, Joiner was a four-year letterman at Grambling State University (1965-68). In 1990, he was inducted into the Louisiana Hall of Fame. Joiner is married, Dianne, and has two children, Jynaya and Kori.