Jim Johnson (coach)
American football, basketball, and baseball player and coach, college athletics administrator
Johnson pictured in
The Tecoan 1947
, ECU yearbook
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Biographical details | |
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Born |
(
1912-09-10
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September 10, 1912
Cary, North Carolina , U.S. |
Died |
November 27, 2004
(2004-11-27)
(aged
92)
[1]
Virginia Beach, Virginia , U.S. |
Playing career | |
Football | |
1933–1937 | East Carolina |
Position(s) | Tackle |
Coaching career ( HC unless noted) | |
Football | |
1946–1948 | East Carolina |
Basketball | |
1946–1947 | East Carolina |
Head coaching record | |
Overall |
8–18–1 (football)
17–10 (basketball) |
James Archie Johnson Jr. (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.
"12th Man Tackle"
In October 1977, William & Mary met heavily favored East Carolina University in the Oyster Bowl . In the third quarter ECU led by three points. With 3:15 left in the third quarter, William & Mary quarterback Tom Rozantz broke loose and ran for the end zone . Jim Johnson, described by The Virginian Pilot as "a portly 65-year-old gentleman in a raincoat", ran from the sidelines and threw a block tackle on Rozantz before he could score the winning touchdown . The unusual turn of events silenced the screaming William & Mary fans, and the officials gathered to discuss their course of action. After deliberation, the play was ruled a touchdown. [2] [3]
Head coaching record
Football
Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs |
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East Carolina Pirates (Independent) (1946) | |||||
1946 | East Carolina | 5–3–1 | |||
East Carolina Pirates ( North State Conference ) (1947–1948) | |||||
1947 | East Carolina | 3–6 | 1–3 | 8th | |
1948 | East Carolina | 0–9 | 0–6 | 9th | |
East Carolina: | 7–17–1 | 1–9 | |||
Total: | 7–17–1 |
References
- ↑ http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=VP&p_theme=vp&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=106BC056E632D120&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM [ bare URL ]
- ↑ Coach Jim tackled a lot in life, but one was most memorable , The Virginian Pilot , December 1, 2004, retrieved February 3, 2009.
- ↑ Pirate Alumni newsletter June 23, 2008, retrieved February 1, 2009.
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# denotes interim head coach |
# denotes interim head coach |