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Bobby Johnson
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- See also: Bob Johnson, Rob Johnson, Robb Johnson, and Robert Johnson
| Place of birth | Columbia, South Carolina | |
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| Sport | Football | |
| College | Vanderbilt | |
| Title | Head Coach | |
| Record with Team | 15-43 | |
| Overall Record | 69-69 | |
| Coaching Stats | College Football DataWarehouse | |
| School as a player | ||
| 1969-72 | Clemson | |
| Position | Wide receiver & Cornerback | |
| Coaching positions | ||
| 1994-2001 2002-Present |
Furman Vanderbilt |
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Bobby Johnson (b. Columbia, South Carolina) is the current head football coach at Vanderbilt University. He became the Commodores' coach in December 2001 after leading Furman University to the Division I-AA national championship game. Johnson's first head coaching job was at Furman, which hired him in 1994. Previously, he had been defensive coordinator at Clemson University.
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As a player at Clemson, Johnson was a three-year letterman and led the team in interceptions playing cornerback in 1971 and 1972. Johnson is a 1973 graduate of Clemson University with a bachelor's degree in management and received his master’s degree in education from Furman in 1979.
After a successful stint at Furman, Bobby Johnson was hired on at Vanderbilt University to take the helm of an SEC squad. Many questioned the administration's loyalty to Coach Johnson after three consecutive 2-9 seasons, but Vanderbilt's loyalty paid off. Coach Johnson, along with Vanderbilt's Chancellor Gee and Vice Chancellor Williams, had been an instrumental part of a new culture at Vanderbilt. The Athletic Department was abolished -- a first among universities in a major Division I-A athletic conference.[citation needed] Bobby Johnson publicly committed himself to a vision of the "student-athlete" -- not just an athlete.
In Johnson's fourth season, the Commodores finished 5-6 and defeated the hated in-state rival Tennessee Volunteers in Knoxville for the first time since 1975. Jay Cutler, the team's offensive captain that season, was drafted #11 overall by the Denver Broncos and named as starting quarterback during his rookie season.
In the 2006 season, Vanderbilt fell to 4-8 after the loss of Cutler, but did beat Georgia at Sanford Stadium. After eight games Atlanta Journal-Constitution college football writer Tony Barnhart stated that Johnson "deserves some consideration" for SEC Coach of the Year, albeit based on a misstated record of 4-5 instead of 3-5. [1]
Barnhart's 2006 postseason survey of ten former SEC coaches ranked the Vanderbilt job the least attractive in the SEC. Former Ole Miss coach Billy Brewer summarized Johnson's performance: "The tough thing about the Vanderbilt job is that you can improve a lot from year to year and still finish last in the SEC East. For what he has, I think Bobby Johnson does a heck of a coaching job." [2]
- ^ Coaches jobs in question. Atlanta Journal-Constitution (2006-10-31). Retrieved on 2006-12-06.
- ^ Barnhart: Best and worst SEC jobs. Atlanta Journal-Constitution (2006-12-13). Retrieved on 2006-12-13.
| Preceded by Jimmy Satterfield |
Furman University Head Football Coach 1994 – 2001 |
Succeeded by Bobby Lamb |
| Preceded by Woody Widenhofer |
Vanderbilt University Head Football Coach 2002 – |
Succeeded by Incumbent |
| Current Head Football Coaches of the Southeastern Conference |
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Rich Brooks (Kentucky) | Sylvester Croom (Mississippi State) | Phillip Fulmer (Tennessee) | Bobby Johnson (Vanderbilt) | Urban Meyer (Florida) | Les Miles (LSU) | Houston Nutt (Arkansas) | Ed Orgeron (Ole Miss) | Mark Richt (Georgia) | Nick Saban (Alabama) | Steve Spurrier (South Carolina) | Tommy Tuberville (Auburn) | |