| Current position | |
|---|---|
| Title | Offensive line coach |
| Team | Lindenwood |
| Conference | OVC |
| Biographical details | |
| Born | October 17, 1958 Seminole, Oklahoma, U.S. |
| Playing career | |
| 1976–1980 | Tulsa |
| 1981–1982 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers |
| 1983–1984 | Los Angeles Express |
| 1985 | Houston Gamblers |
| Position(s) | Tackle |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1985 | Oklahoma State (GA) |
| 1986–1988 | UT Martin (AHC/OL) |
| 1989–1992 | Oklahoma State (OL) |
| 1993–1995 | Mississippi State (OL) |
| 1996 | Oklahoma (OL) |
| 1997–1999 | Murray State |
| 2000–2008 | Illinois State |
| 2009–2010 | Colorado (OL) |
| 2011–2014 | Tulsa (OL) |
| 2015–2018 | Missouri Southern |
| 2020–present | Lindenwood (OL) |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 72–99 |
| Tournaments | 1–1 (NCAA D-I-AA playoffs) |
Denver Johnson (born October 17, 1958) is an American football coach and former player. Johnson was the head football coach at Murray State University from 1997 to 1999 and at Illinois State University from 2000 to 2008, and Missouri Southern State University from 2015 to 2018 compiling a career college football record of 72–99. Formerly, he was the offensive line coach for the Tulsa Golden Hurricane from 2011 to the end of the 2014 season.[1] Johnson was let go when head coach Bill Blankenship was fired on December 1, 2014.