Denver Johnson

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Denver Johnson
Sport(s)	Football
Current position
Title	Offensive line coach
Team	Tulsa
Conference	Conference USA
Biographical details
Born	(1958-10-17) October 17, 1958 Seminole, Oklahoma
Playing career
1976–1980 1981–1982 1983–1984 1985	Tulsa Tampa Bay Buccaneers Los Angeles Express Houston Gamblers
Position(s)	Tackle
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1985 1986–1988 1989–1992 1993–1995 1996 1997–1999 2000–2008 2009–2010 2011–present	Oklahoma State (GA) UT Martin (AHC/OL) Oklahoma State (OL) Mississippi State (OL) Oklahoma (OL) Murray State Illinois State Colorado (OL) Tulsa (OL)
Head coaching record
Overall	69–66
Tournaments	1–1 (I-AA playoffs)
Statistics College Football Data Warehouse

Denver Johnson (born October 17, 1958) is an American football coach and former player. He is currently the offensive line coach for the Tulsa Golden Hurricane.^[1] Previously, Johnson was the head football coach at Murray State University from 1997 to 1999 and at Illinois State University from 2000 to 2008, compiling a career college football record of 69–66.

Coaching career

Johnson was the 20th head football coach for the Illinois State Redbirds in Normal, Illinois and he held that position for nine seasons, from 2000 until November 22, 2008. Johnson resigned from the program after the Redbirds final game of the 2008 season, a game they lost against Southern Illinois University in overtime, 17–10.^[2] His overall coaching record at ISU was 48–54. This ranks him third at ISU in terms of total wins and eighth at ISU in terms of winning percentage.^[3]

Prior to coaching at Illinois State, Johnson was the head coach at Murray State University. He was offensive line coach for Colorado in 2009 and 2010, then moved to Tulsa for the 2011 season to join the coaching staff of Bill Blankenship, who had been his college teammate at Tulsa.^[1]

References

↑ 1.0 1.1 Eric Bailey, "Tulsa names three football assistants", Tulsa World, January 18, 2011.
↑ Johnson Resigns After ISU Loss
↑ Illinois State Coaching Records

External links

v t e Tampa Bay Buccaneers 1981 NFL Draft selections

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Murray State Racers head football coaches

Irby Koffman (1924)
Carlisle Cutchin (1925–1930)
Ray Morgan (1931)
Roy Stewart (1932–1940)
Jim Moore (1941)
No team (1943)
Roy Stewart (1944–1945)
Jim Moore (1946–1947)
Fred Faurot (1948–1955)
Jim Cullivan (1956–1959)
Don Shelton (1960–1966)
Bill Furgerson (1967–1977)
Mike Gottfried (1978–1980)
Frank Beamer (1981–1986)
Mike Mahoney (1987–1992)
Houston Nutt (1993–1996)
Denver Johnson (1997–1999)
Joe Pannunzio (2000–2005)
Matt Griffin (2006–2009)
Chris Hatcher (2010– )

Illinois State Redbirds head football coaches

No coach (1887)
No team (1888–1889)
No coach (1890–1891)
No team (1892)
No coach (1893–1894)
George B. Dygart (1895)
Louis H. Galbreath (1896)
B. C. Edwards (1897)
No team (1898–1900)
No coach (1901)
No team (1902)
John P. Stewart (1903–1906)
John L. Keith (1907)
George Binnewies (1908–1909)
Harrison Russell (1912–1917)
No team (1918)
Harrison Russell (1919–1922)
Clifford E. Horton (1923–1924)
Don Karnes (1925–1926)
Joseph Cogdal (1927–1930)
Howard Hancock (1931–1944)
Edwin Struck (1945–1964)
Larry Bitcon (1965–1971)
Gerry Hart (1972–1976)
Charlie Cowdrey (1977–1980)
Bob Otolski (1981–1987)
Jim Heacock (1988–1995)
Todd Berry (1996–1999)
Denver Johnson (2000–2008)
Brock Spack (2009– )

Persondata
Name	Johnson, Denver
Alternative names
Short description	American football player and coach
Date of birth	October 17, 1958
Place of birth	Seminole, Oklahoma, USA
Date of death
Place of death

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