Jimmy Johnson (American football coach), Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Jimmy Johnson (American football coach)

American football coach, American college football player, American college football coach, Super Bowl champion

Date of Birth: 16-Jul-1943

Place of Birth: Port Arthur, Texas, United States

Profession: actor, television presenter, American football player

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Cancer

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About Jimmy Johnson (American football coach)

  • James William Johnson (born July 16, 1943) is an American football broadcaster and former player, coach, and executive.
  • He served as the head football coach at Oklahoma State University–Stillwater from 1979 to 1983 and the University of Miami from 1984 to 1988.
  • Johnson then moved to the National Football League (NFL), serving as head coach of the Dallas Cowboys from 1989 to 1993, winning two Super Bowls with the team, and finally serving as head coach of the Miami Dolphins from 1996 to 1999.
  • As of 2016, he is an analyst for Fox NFL Sunday, the Fox network's NFL pregame show for the NFL games. Johnson was the first and one of only three football coaches to lead teams to both a major college football championship and a Super Bowl victory, the others being Barry Switzer and Pete Carroll. Johnson's coaching tree includes a number of future head coaches such as Butch Davis, Norv Turner, Tommy Tuberville, Dave Campo, and Dave Wannstedt.
  • In 1993, Johnson wrote Turning the Thing Around: My Life in Football, ghostwritten by Ed Hinton.
  • Johnson attended Thomas Jefferson High School, later renamed Memorial High School, where two of his classmates were future rock icon Janis Joplin and actor G.
  • W.
  • Bailey.Johnson attended college at the University of Arkansas and played on the Arkansas Razorbacks football team, where he was an all-Southwest Conference defensive lineman for coach Frank Broyles and a teammate of future Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones.
  • Other teammates included Ken Hatfield, Jim Lindsey, Ronnie Caveness, and Loyd Phillips.
  • Several future head coaches were assistant coaches for Broyles and the Razorbacks during Johnson's career in Fayetteville: Hayden Fry, Johnny Majors, and Barry Switzer.
  • The 1964 Razorbacks squad went undefeated and was recognized as a national champion by the Football Writers Association of America.
  • Johnson was nicknamed "Jimmy Jumpup" because he never stayed down on the ground for long during football practices or games.

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