Former Panther Jay Johnson not hired.

[Jonsoup]

Former Panther Jay Johnson was a finalist for the Head Coach job at Mankato State. Instead they hired the new DC at Western Ill. . Jay was one of the finalist for the postion. Currently he is coaching at Southern Mississippi University as the Running Backs coach.

[Cap'n Cat]

Former Panther Jay Johnson was a finalist for the Head Coach job at Mankato State. Instead they hired the new DC at Western Ill. . Jay was one of the finalist for the postion. Currently he is coaching at Southern Mississippi University as the Running Backs coach.

Jay Johnson is a sharp young guy and will reach coaching greatness someday.




Jay Johnson is in his first season with the Golden Eagle program after being named to Head Coach Jeff Bower’s staff following the 2002 season.

He will coach the tight ends, but also has extensive coaching experience at several positions and played quarterback at Northern Iowa where teams he was with compiled a 31-8 record, won three conference championships and appeared in three national playoffs. He was elected team captain in both the 1991 and 1992 seasons. He quarterbacked the ’92 team to a 12-2 record, a conference championship and the No. 3 ranking in the final NCAA Div. 1-AA poll.

He has coached at the high school level, as a graduate assistant at Missouri, and at Augsburg College, Truman State and Kansas prior to moving to Southern Miss.

He guided Truman State’s offense to an average of over 30 points and 400 yards a game during the 1995 and 1996 seasons.

Johnson also holds a variety of academic honors to go with his on-field prowess. He is a member of the American Football Coaches Association. He earned President’s Academic Excellence honors in the Gateway Conference and held a perfect 4.0 grade point average while completing his master’s degree at Missouri. That earned him a Superior Graduate Achievement Award from the Department of Health and Exercise Science and he was a Dean’s List scholar at Northern Iowa where he compiled a 3.47 GPA. He also taught several courses while at Truman State and Missouri.

He is married to the former Lori



The Johnson File
Date of Birth: Sept. 18, 1969

Hometown: Lakeville, Minn.

Education: Northern Iowa, ’92 (bachelor’s), Missouri, ’94 (master’s)

Year at Southern Miss: First



Coaching Career

Southern Miss, 2003- : Tight End
Kansas, 2001: Running Backs

Kansas, 1999-2001: Quarterbacks

Kansas, 1997-99: Graduate Assistant/Quarterbacks

Truman State, 1995-97: Offensive Coordinator/Recruiting Coordinator

Augsburg College, 1994-95: Offensive Coordinator/Recruitment

Coordinator

Missouri-Columbia, 1994: Graduate Assistant/Wide Receivers

Columbia-Hickman HS, 1993: Quarterbacks/Receivers/Defensive

Backs


Cap’n Cat

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[The Flying Squirrel]

Re: Former Panther Jay Johnson

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Good article about the former Panther QB