Coach jimmy johnson biography

American football broadcaster, coach and executive (born 1943)

This article is about the American football coach.

Coach jimmy johnson biography

For other people named Jimmy or Jimmie Johnson, see Jimmy Johnson (disambiguation).

American football player

James William Johnson (born July 16, 1943) is an American sports analyst and former football coach.

Johnson served as a head football coach on the collegiate level from 1979 to 1988 and in the National Football League (NFL) for nine seasons. He is the first head football coach to win both a college football national championship and a Super Bowl, achieving the former with University of Miami and the latter with the Dallas Cowboys.

Johnson held his first head football coaching position at Oklahoma State University from 1979 to 1983. He became Miami's head football coach in 1984 and guided the team to victory in the 1988 Orange Bowl. Following the college championship, Johnson succeeded original Cowboys head coach To