Jan Frode Nornes

Jan Frode Nornes (born 8 January 1973) is a Norwegian football coach and former player. He was most recently the head coach of Eliteserien club Odd.

Jan Frode Nornes
Personal information
Date of birth (1973-01-08) 8 January 1973
Place of birth Tønsberg, Norway
Height 1.87 m (6 ft 1+1⁄2 in)
Position(s) Centre-back
Youth career
Flint
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Flint
–1998 Eik-Tønsberg
1999–2006 Odd Grenland 175 (4)
2006 → Strømsgodset (loan) 9 (0)
2007–2008 Sandefjord 10 (0)
National team
2000–2003 Norway 2 (0)
Teams managed
2008–2020 Odd (assistant)
2020 Odd (interim)
2020–2021 Odd
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Career

He's played most of his career with Odd Grenland whom he joined in 1999, but after a shoulder-injury, he was loaned out to 1. divisjon club Strømsgodset autumn 2006. He helped Strømsgodset to promotion to Tippeligaen, and was offered a permanent contract with the team from Drammen, but chose to return home to Vestfold, and Sandefjord.

He previously played for Flint[1] and Eik, in his hometown Tønsberg.

Nornes has been capped 3 times for Norway.

After his retirement as a player, Nornes worked as an assistant coach at his former club Odd. He was the assistant coach of Dag-Eilev Fagermo for 12 years, before Fagermo left the club for Vålerenga in January 2020. Nornes was then promoted to head coach of Odd in March 2020.[2] He was sacked on 8 January 2022.[3]

References
  1. Næss, Pål A. (9 September 1994). "Ørn vil ha Robert og Jørn". Tønsbergs Blad (in Norwegian). p. 16.
  2. "Fagermos erstatter er klar: Nornes blir ny Odd-trener". VG (in Norwegian). 11 March 2020. Retrieved 9 January 2022.
  3. "Nornes ferdig som Odd-trener". VG (in Norwegian). 8 January 2022. Retrieved 9 January 2022.
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