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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...
- Ellis T. Johnson
- Early Life
- Coaching Career
- Television Career
- Pro Football Hall of Fame Induction
- Awards and Honors
- Personal Life
- Coaching Tree
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Johnson attended high school at Thomas Jefferson High School (now known as Memorial High School) in Port Arthur, Texas. In high school he was a classmate of Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Janis Joplin. Johnson played college football as a defensive lineman at the University of Arkansas between 1962 and 1964. He helped lead the Razorbacks to the nation...
Early coaching jobs
Johnson began as an assistant coach at Louisiana Tech University in 1965. During this time, Phil Robertson of Duck Dynasty fame was the starting quarterback, and Jimmy helped recruit high school quarterback Terry Bradshaw from nearby Shreveport, Louisiana. He then became an assistant coach at Picayune Memorial High School in Picayune, Mississippi, in 1966. In 1967, he was an assistant at Wichita State University, then in 1968 and 1969, he served under Johnny Majors at Iowa State University in...
Oklahoma State
In 1979, Jimmy Johnson got his first head coaching job, at Oklahoma State University. Johnson coached for five seasons at Oklahoma State, from 1979 to 1983. His tenure there is noteworthy for his successful rebuilding of an inconsistent program. In his final season, he led the Cowboys to an 8–4 record and a 24–14 victory over 20th-ranked Baylor in the Astro-Bluebonnet Bowl. In 1984, when he was offered the head coaching job at the University of Miami, Johnson was unsure if he wanted to leave...
University of Miami
In 1984, Johnson was hired by the University of Miami to replace former coach Howard Schnellenberger who had won Miami's first national championship in 1983 and departed for the recently formed United States Football League. Johnson's hiring was met with an initial response of "Jimmy who?" by the fans and media. Johnson started with a shaky 8–5 record his first season, which included a game in which Johnson's Hurricanes blew a 31–0 halftime lead in a loss to Maryland with Frank Reich as its Q...
After leaving the Dolphins, Johnson became a TV studio analyst again for Fox Sports and is currently an on-air staff member on Fox NFL Sunday. He has been assigned as a studio analyst for Fox's coverage of the Bowl Championship Series in January with Chris Rose as the host, and also pens a column on Foxsports.com. In addition he has made several gu...
Johnson was surprised during a telecast of Fox NFL Sunday by Pro Football Hall of Fame President David Baker on January 12, 2020, announcing that he would be the 328th member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame in Canton, Ohio. He personally thanked his coworkers on Fox NFL Sunday, and thanked his players and assistant coaches for their contributions....
NFL 1. Two-time Super Bowl champion (XXVII, XXVIII- as head coach of the Dallas Cowboys) 2. 1990 AP NFL Coach of the Year NCAA 1. Two-time National champion 1.1. 1964 as a player with the Arkansas Razorbacks (FWAA) 1.2. 1987as head coach of the Miami Hurricanes 2. 1986 Walter Camp Coach of the Year Media 1. 1993 Outstanding Team ESPY Award(as head ...
Johnson married Linda Kay Cooper on July 12, 1963, with whom he had two sons. They divorced in January 1990. On July 18, 1999, Johnson married Rhonda Rookmaaker. As of 2010, he lives in Islamorada in the Florida Keys. Johnson owned Three Rings restaurant in Miami and owns JJ's Big Chill, a bar and grill located in Key Largo, Florida at mile marker ...
Eleven of Johnson's assistant coaches became NCAA or NFL head coaches: 1. Pat Jones: Oklahoma State(1984–1994) 2. Houston Nutt: Murray State University (1993–1996), Boise State University (1997), University of Arkansas (1998–2007), University of Mississippi(2008–2011) 3. Dave Wannstedt: Chicago Bears (1993–1998), Miami Dolphins (2000–2004), Pittsbu...
Jimmy Johnson at the College Football Hall of FameJimmy Johnson at IMDbJimmy Johnson biography for Survivor: Nicaragua at CBS.com- July 16, 1943 (age 80), Port Arthur, Texas, U.S.
- Thomas Jefferson, (Port Arthur, Texas)
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 Bulldogs2004-200720. 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.
27. Nov. 2012 · Southern Mississippi has fired coach Ellis Johnson after one disastrous season that saw the program plummet from Conference USA champion to the worst record in the Football Bowl Subdivision.
8. Nov. 2023 · CRM Sports. 106 subscribers. 0. 1 view 9 minutes ago THE CITADEL. Ellis Johnson, a member of The Citadel Class of 1974 and a former Bulldogs' football player, assistant coach and head...
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