Jim Johnson (coach)

Jim Johnson
Johnson pictured in The Tecoan 1947, ECU yearbook
Biographical details
Born(1912-09-10)September 10, 1912
Cary, North Carolina, U.S.
DiedNovember 27, 2004(2004-11-27) (aged 92)[1]
Virginia Beach, Virginia, U.S.
Playing career
Football
1933–1937East Carolina
Position(s)Tackle
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football
1946–1948East Carolina
Basketball
1946–1947East Carolina
Head coaching record
Overall8–18–1 (football)
17–10 (basketball)

James Archie Johnson Jr. (September 10, 1912 – November 27, 2004) was an American football, basketball, and baseball player, coach, and college athletics administrator. He was tapped to reintroduce men's sports to East Carolina 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 winning athlete between 1933 and 1937. Johnson was inducted in 1978 into the ECU Hall of Fame.

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