Jimmy Johnson (football coach)

Jimmy Johnson

Johnson in 2009
Personal information
Date of birth:	(1943-07-16) July 16, 1943 (age 73)
Place of birth:	Port Arthur, Texas
Career information
College:	Arkansas
Career history
As coach:
Louisiana Tech (1965) Assistant coach Picayune Memorial HS (1966) Assistant coach Wichita State (1967) Assistant coach Iowa State (1968–1969) Assistant coach Oklahoma (1970–1972) Defensive line coach Arkansas (1973–1976) Defensive coordinator Pittsburgh (1977–1978) Assistant head coach & defensive coordinator Oklahoma State (1979–1983) Head coach Miami (FL) (1984–1988) Head coach Dallas Cowboys (1989–1993) Head coach Miami Dolphins (1996–1999) Head coach
Career highlights and awards
2× Super Bowl champion (XXVII, XXVIII) AP NFL Coach of the Year (1990) National champion (1987) Walter Camp Coach of the Year (1986)
Career NFL statistics
Win–loss record: 80–64 Postseason record: 9–4 NCAA record: 81–34–3
College Football Hall of Fame

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, both against the Buffalo Bills, and 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 (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 was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame as a coach in 2012.