Jim Johnson (coach), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Jim Johnson (coach)

American football, basketball, and baseball player and coach, college athletics administrator

Date of Birth: 10-Sep-1912

Place of Birth: Cary, North Carolina, United States

Date of Death: 27-Nov-2004

Profession: basketball coach, baseball player

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

James A.
Johnson (September 10, 1912 – November 27, 2004) was an American football, basketball, and baseball player, coach, and college athletics administrator.
He was tapped to reintroduce men's sports to East Carolina after World War II.
He was the seventh head coach of the football, basketball and baseball teams at East Carolina Teachers College.
He also was the athletic director for all sports teams.
Before coaching, Johnson was a 16 letter winning athlete between 1933 and 1937.
Johnson was inducted in 1978 into the ECU Hall of Fame.