San Diego Chargers Established 1961 Ended 2016 Played in San Diego, California Headquartered in Chargers Park San Diego, California Logo Wordmark League / conference affiliations American Football League (1961 -- 1969) Western Division (1961 -- 1969) National Football League (1970 -- 2016) American Football Conference (1970 -- 2017) AFC West (1970 -- 2017) Uniform Team colors Navy Blue, Powder Blue, White, Gold Fight song San Diego Super Chargers Personnel Owner (s) Barron Hilton (1961 -- 1966) Eugene Klein and Sam Schulman (1966 -- 1984) Alex Spanos (1984 -- 2017) General manager Sid Gillman (1961 -- 1970) Harland Svare (1971 -- 1975) Johnny Sanders (1976 -- 1986) Steve Ortmayer (1987 -- 1989) Bobby Beathard (1990 -- 2000) John Butler (2001 -- 2003) A.J. Smith (2003 -- 2013) Tom Telesco (2013 -- 2017) Head coach Sid Gillman (1961 -- 1969, 1971) Charlie Waller (1969 -- 1970) Harland Svare (1971 -- 1973) Ron Waller (1973) Tommy Prothro (1974 -- 1978) Don Coryell (1978 -- 1986) Al Saunders (1986 -- 1988) Dan Henning (1989 -- 1991) Bobby Ross (1992 -- 1996) Kevin Gilbride (1997 -- 1998) June Jones (1998) Mike Riley (1999 -- 2001) Marty Schottenheimer (2002 -- 2006) Norv Turner (2007 -- 2012) Mike McCoy (2013 -- 2017) Team history Los Angeles Chargers (1960, 2017 -- present) San Diego Chargers (1961 -- 2016) Team nicknames The Bolts, San Diego Super Chargers Championships League championships (1) AFL Championships: (1) 1963 Conference championships (1) AFC: 1994 Division championships (14) AFL West: 1961, 1963, 1964, 1965 AFC West: 1979, 1980, 1981, 1992, 1994, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009 Playoff appearances (17) AFL: 1961, 1963, 1964, 1965 NFL: 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1992, 1994, 1995, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2013 Home fields Balboa Stadium (1961 -- 1966) Qualcomm Stadium (1967 -- 2016)
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