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Johnson served as a head football coach on the collegiate level from 1979 to 1988 and in the National Football League (NFL) for nine seasons. He is the first head football coach to win both a college football national championship and a Super Bowl, achieving the former with University of Miami and the latter with the Dallas Cowboys.
Of the 23 Cowboy coaches, Maulbetsch, Waldorf, Exendine, and Johnson have been inducted in the College Football Hall of Fame. Three coaches are also graduates of the university: Lookabaugh, Floyd Gass, and Gundy. [4] The first coach was F. A. McCoy, who coached only one season, in 1905. The current coach, Mike Gundy, was hired in January 2005. [5]
Jimmy Johnson (quarterback) (1879–1942), American football player Jimmy Johnson (cornerback) (1938–2024), American football cornerback Jimmy Johnson (American football coach) (born 1943), former college football and National Football League coach, now television sports analyst
Four have also captured national championships as head coach at Miami: Schnellenberger , Johnson , Erickson (1989 and 1991), and Coker . Gustafson is the leader in seasons coached, with 16 years as head coach and games coached (161) and won (93). Erickson has the highest winning percentage at 0.875.
The 1987 Miami Hurricanes football team represented the University of Miami during the 1987 NCAA Division I-A football season. It was the Hurricanes' 62nd season of football. The Hurricanes were led by fourth-year head coach Jimmy Johnson and played their home games at the Orange Bowl. They finished the season 12–0 overall.
Jim Johnson (May 26, 1941 – July 28, 2009) was an American professional football player and coach in the National Football League (NFL). He was a defensive coordinator for nine seasons with the Philadelphia Eagles .
The 1988 Orange Bowl was the 54th edition of the college football bowl game, played at the Orange Bowl in Miami, Florida, on Friday, January 1.Part of the 1987–88 bowl game season, it matched undefeated teams: the independent and second-ranked Miami Hurricanes and the #1 Oklahoma Sooners of the Big Eight Conference.
He was also the head coach of the University of Pittsburgh football team from 2005 to 2010. [1] He also was a long-time assistant to Jimmy Johnson with the Dallas Cowboys, Miami Hurricanes, and Oklahoma State Cowboys as well as an associate of Johnson when both were assistants at the University of Pittsburgh.