Jim Johnson (coach)
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| Jim Johnson | ||
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| Title | Head coach | |
| College | East Carolina, Missouri Southern State | |
| Sport | Football | |
| Career highlights | ||
| Overall | 7-17-1 | |
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| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | ||
| 1946-1948 1968 |
East Carolina Missouri Southern State |
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Jim Johnson was tapped to reintroduce men's sports 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 varsity athlete between 1933 to 1937. Johnson was inducted in 1978 into the ECU Hall of Fame.
[edit] The Oyster Bowl 12th Man Tackle
In October 1977, William & Mary played heavily favored East Carolina University in the Oyster Bowl.
During the last few seconds of the game, with ECU ahead by three points, William & Mary's running back, Tom Rozantz, was charging towards a touchdown.
Out of the blue, a 65-year-old man wearing a raincoat ran from the sidelines and threw a block tackle on Rozantz before he could score the winning touchdown. That man was Jim Johnson.
The yelling and screaming by William & Mary fans stopped to a weary silence. No one seemed to know what happened as the officials hunkered down into a huddle. After what seemed to be an hour, one official raised his hands with a touchdown signal. William & Mary won the game.
Jim Johnson was a talented athlete and coach at East Carolina who helped establish the Pirate Club, became a great educator, and will always be remembered for his famous “12th man” tackle in the 1977 Oyster Bowl. He made a final appearance at this tournament in July 2004 before his death on November 27, 2004.
[edit] Head Coaching Record
| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl | Coaches# | AP° | ||
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| 1946 | East Carolina | 4-3-1 | |||||||
| 1947 | East Carolina | 3-6-0 | |||||||
| 1948 | East Carolina | 0-8-0 | |||||||
| East Carolina: | 7-17-1 | ||||||||
| Total: | 7-17-1 | ||||||||
| †Indicates BCS bowl game. #Rankings from final Coaches Poll of the season. | |||||||||
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