Bobby Johns (American football)

Bobby Johns
Biographical details
Sport(s)	Football
Born	(1946-05-18) May 18, 1946 Birmingham, Alabama
Alma mater	University of Alabama
Playing career
1965–1969	Alabama
Position(s)	Defensive back
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1972	North Alabama (assistant)
1976–1977	McAdory H.S.
1978–1983	Erwin H.S.
1984	Valdosta State (assistant)
1985	Florida State (GA)
1986–1992	Chattanooga (DC)
1993	Eastern Kentucky (assistant)
1994–1995	South Carolina (assistant)
1996	West Alabama (DC)
1997–2000	West Alabama
Head coaching record
Overall	11–31
Statistics College Football Data Warehouse

Bobby Johns (born May 17, 1946) is a former football coach. He served as an assistant coach in the college ranks for many years as well as head coach for a pair of high schools and at the University of West Alabama from 1997 through 2000. He is also a former college football All-American defensive back who played for legendary coach Bear Bryant at the University of Alabama.

Early years

After graduating from Banks High School in Birmingham, Alabama, Johns enrolled at the University of Alabama. Playing quarterback in high school, during his freshman year he moved to defensive back. For the Crimson Tide, Johns was a member of the 1965 national championship team, was selected All-SEC three times (1965–1967) and All-America twice (1966–1967).^[1] He was selected in the 12th Round of the 1968 NFL Draft by the Kansas City Chiefs, but elected to pursue a coaching career instead. As recognition for his career at Alabama, Johns was elected to the Alabama Sports Hall of Fame in 2010.^[1]

Coaching career

Early in his career, Johns coach at both McAdory and E.B. Erwin High School where he compiled an overall record of 52 wins and 30 losses (52–30) during his eight-year tenure as a high school head coach.^[2] From Erwin, Johns entered the college coaching ranks in 1972 where he coached defensive backs at Florence State University now UNA. Between 1984 and 1996 he coached at Valdosta State, Florida State, Chattanooga, Eastern Kentucky, South Carolina and West Alabama.^[3] After serving one season as defensive coordinator at West Alabama, in December 1996 he was promoted to the head coach position after the resignation of Todd Stroud.^[3] Prior to entering the 2000 season with the Tigers, Johns announced he would resign from his position effective at the end of the season.^[4] For his career at West Alabama, Johns compiled a record of 11 wins and 31 losses (11–31).

Head coaching record

Year	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing
West Alabama Tigers (Gulf South Conference) (1997–2000)
1997	West Alabama	4–6	1–6	9th
1998	West Alabama	3–7	2–7	8th
1999	West Alabama	1–10	1–8	10th
2000	West Alabama	3–8	2–7	10th
West Alabama:		11–31	6–28
Total:		11–31
National championship Conference title Conference division title

References

1 2 "Bobby Johns among Hall of Fame inductees". The Tuscaloosa News. May 19, 2010. Retrieved November 27, 2011.
↑ "Alabama High School Football Head Coaches: Bobby Johns". Alabama High School Football Historical Society. Retrieved November 27, 2011.
1 2 "UWA names Johns". The Tuscaloosa News. December 6, 1996. p. C1. Retrieved November 27, 2011.
↑ "Bobby Johns leaving UWA following 2000 season". The Tuscaloosa News. June 21, 2000. p. C1. |access-date= requires |url= (help)

West Alabama Tigers head football coaches

Unknown (1938)
Paul Tubb (1939–1941)
No team (1942–1945)
Fred McCollum (1946)
C. A. Douglas (1947–1948)
Vaughn Mancha (1949–1951)
Bob Williams (1952)
T. Ray Richeson (1953–1956)
Robert Cire (1957–1959)
Jim Garner (1960–1966)
Morris Higginbotham (1967–1969)
Mickey Andrews (1970–1972)
Jim King (1973–1976)
Jack Crowe (1977–1978)
Frank North (1979–1984)
Sam McCorkle (1985–1990)
Lloyd Sisco (1991–1993)
Todd Stroud (1994–1996)
Bobby Johns (1997–2000)
Randy Pippin (2001–2003)
Sam McCorkle (2004–2005)
Bobby Wallace (2006–2010)
Will Hall (2011–2013)
Brett Gilliland (2014– )

1965 Alabama Crimson Tide football—AP national champions

Steve Bowman Paul Crane Cecil Dowdy Dennis Homan Bobby Johns Leslie Kelley Ray Perkins David Ray Jackie Sherrill Steve Sloan Ken Stabler Tommy Tolleson Wayne Trimble Head coach Bear Bryant Assistant coaches Ken Donahue Hayden Riley Pat Dye Ken Meyer Mal Moore Howard Schnellenberger Jimmy Sharpe Richard Williamson

1967 College Football All-America Team consensus selections

Offense	B Gary Beban B Larry Csonka B Leroy Keyes B O. J. Simpson E Dennis Homan E Ron Sellers OT Edgar Chandler OT Ron Yary G Rich Stotter G Harry Olszewski C Bob Johnson

Defense	DL Dennis Byrd DL Ted Hendricks DL Granville Liggins DL Wayne Meylan DL Tim Rossovich LB Don Manning LB Adrian Young DB Dick Anderson DB Bobby Johns DB Frank Loria DB Tom Schoen

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