Denver Johnson

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Denver Johnson
Current position
Title Offensive line coach
Team Lindenwood
Conference OVC
Biographical details
Born (1958-10-17) October 17, 1958 (age 65)
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
Overall72–99
Tournaments1–1 (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.

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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]

On April 1, 2015, Johnson was named the head coach of the Missouri Southern Lions. [4] Johnson resigned from Missouri Southern after three games into the 2018 season to be the full time caretaker for his wife who was suffering with and later passed away from Early Onset Alzheimer's. [5]

In 2020, Johnson was hired as the offensive line coach for Lindenwood. [6]

In July of 2024 Johnson became the Director of Player Personnel and Development at The University of Tulsa.

Head coaching record

YearTeamOverallConferenceStandingBowl/playoffs TSN#
Murray State Racers (Ohio Valley Conference)(1997–1999)
1997 Murray State7–45–2T–2nd
1998 Murray State7–45–2T–2nd24
1999 Murray State7–45–22nd
Murray State:21–1215–6
Illinois State Redbirds (Missouri Valley Football Conference / Gateway Football Conference)(2000–2008)
2000 Illinois State 7–44–2T–2nd
2001 Illinois State 2–92–5T–6th
2002 Illinois State 6–54–3T–3rd
2003 Illinois State 6–63–45th
2004 Illinois State 4–72–5T–5th
2005 Illinois State 7–44–3T–4th
2006 Illinois State 9–45–2T–2ndL NCAA Division I Quarterfinal 8
2007 Illinois State 4–72–4T–5th
2008 Illinois State 3–82–68th
Illinois State:48–5428–34
Missouri Southern Lions (Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association)(2015–2018)
2015 Missouri Southern1–101–1011th
2016 Missouri Southern 2–92–9T–10th
2017 Missouri Southern0–110–1112th
2018 Missouri Southern0–30–3resigned
Missouri Southern:3–333–33
Total:72–99

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References

  1. 1 2 Eric Bailey, "Tulsa names three football assistants", Tulsa World , January 18, 2011.
  2. ↑ "Johnson resigns after ISU loss". Archived from the original on January 9, 2009. Retrieved August 5, 2016.
  3. ↑ Illinois State Coaching Records Archived November 26, 2005, at the Wayback Machine
  4. ↑ Schremmer, Mark (March 31, 2015). "Lions to hire former Tulsa assistant as head coach | Local Sports". joplinglobe.com. Retrieved August 5, 2016.
  5. ↑ "Football Coach Denver Johnson Steps Down". Missouri Southern State University. September 18, 2018. Retrieved September 18, 2018.
  6. ↑ randy.reinhardt@lee.net, Randy Reinhardt (September 22, 2023). "Denver Johnson returns to Hancock Stadium as Lindenwood assistant". pantagraph.com. Retrieved February 23, 2024.
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