[2] Norwood grew up in Prince George's County, Maryland, where he attended Georgetown University basketball camps and met then-coach John Thompson.
[7] With his father serving in the Air Force, his family moved to Hawaii in Norwood's sophomore year of high school.
[2] In high school and college, he was best friends with Ken Niumatalolo,[7] now the head coach who hired him at Navy.
[2] Norwood's son Gabe, was a member of the George Mason Patriots men's basketball team that advanced to the 2006 NCAA Final Four.
[8] His only daughter, Brianna, attended George Mason University, where she studied sports management and was on the dance team.