Nornes 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 and
Eik, in his hometown
Tønsberg. Nornes was capped three 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. He was sacked on 8 January 2022. Ahead of the 2023 he was named as assistant manager of Vålerenga, working under his old superior Dag-Eilev Fagermo. ==References==