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Laurens Ellis Johnson (born December 23, 1951) is a former American football coach. He served as head football coach at Gardner–Webb University in 1983, The Citadel from 2001 to 2003, and the University of Southern Mississippi in 2012.
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Ellis T. Johnson (August 8, 1910 – August 5, 1990) was an...
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Johnson was born in Wildwood, Florida in 1973. He attended Wildwood High School,where he played high school football for the Wildwood Wildcats.
Johnson accepted an athletic scholarship to attend the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida, where he played for coach Steve Spurrier's Florida Gators football team from 1991 to 1994. As a senior team captain on the Gators' 1994 Southeastern Conference (SEC) championship team, Johnson was a first-team All-SEC selection, an honorable mentio...
Indianapolis Colts
The Indianapolis Colts selected Johnson in the first round (fifteenth pick overall) of the 1995 NFL Draft. He played for the Colts from 1995 to 2001. During those seven seasons, he started eighty-four of 104 games, recording 269 tackles, thirty-three quarterback sacks and two interceptions.
Atlanta Falcons
Johnson signed with the Atlanta Falcons before the 2002 season, and he played for the Falcons from 2002 to 2003. In the two years, he started five of thirty-two games, recording sixty-seven tackles, and fifteen sacks.
Denver Broncos
Johnson was traded by the Falcons to the Denver Broncos before the 2004 season in exchange for the Broncos' fifth-round selection in the 2005 NFL draft. In his only season with the Broncos, he played in thirteen games, recording sixteen tackles, three sacks and an interception. The interception came on a deflected pass in the famous "snow game" with the Oakland Raiders, and Johnson put on an impressive burst of speed to reach the end zone.
Carlson, Norm, University of Florida Football Vault: The History of the Florida Gators, Whitman Publishing, LLC, Atlanta, Georgia (2007). ISBN 0-7948-2298-3.Golenbock, Peter, Go Gators! An Oral History of Florida's Pursuit of Gridiron Glory, Legends Publishing, LLC, St. Petersburg, Florida (2002). ISBN 0-9650782-1-3.Hairston, Jack, Tales from the Gator Swamp: A Collection of the Greatest Gator Stories Ever Told, Sports Publishing, LLC, Champaign, Illinois (2002). ISBN 1-58261-514-4.McCarthy, Kevin M., Fightin' Gators: A History of University of Florida Football, Arcadia Publishing, Mount Pleasant, South Carolina (2000). ISBN 978-0-7385-0559-6.Prior to his stop at Southern Miss in 2012, Johnson was at South Carolina for four years, where he served as the Gamecocks’ defensive coordinator and assistant head coach. Along with his four ...
Coaching HistoryTeamYearsDefensive CoordinatorAuburn Tigers2013-PresentHead CoachSouthern Miss Golden Eagles2012Assistant Head CoachSouth Carolina Gamecocks2008-2011Defensive CoordinatorMississippi State Bulldogs2004-200727. Nov. 2012 · Nov 27, 2012, 01:10 PM ET. Email. Print. Southern Mississippi has fired coach Ellis Johnson after one disastrous season that saw the program plummet from Conference USA champion to the worst ...
20. Dez. 2011 · Ellis Johnson, long hailed as one of the country's top defensive strategists, has been named the new head football coach at The University of Southern Mississippi. Johnson, 59, signed a four-year contract to become the Golden Eagles' 19 th head coach pending approval by the Mississippi Board of Trustees of State Institutions of Higher Learning.
1. Mai 2018 · Johnson was the Gamecocks defensive coordinator at the beginning of the school’s most successful run in history. His units helped South Carolina win the SEC East in 2010 and 11 games in 2011. He...
