ROBERT E. JOHNSON
Robert E. Johnson
Avella High School
Wittenberg University
Football
Avella High School (1953 – 1957)
3 year letterman in football, basketball & baseball
Honorable Mention All State: football
Played in the first Washington-Fayette County All Star football game
Played in the Washington County All Star basketball game
Wittenberg University (1957 – 1961)
3 year starting linebacker
Pitched for the NCAA Regional Champions in 1959 & 1960
Coaching Career
1961 – 65: Massillon (OH) High School
Assistant varsity coach and Head Jr. High Coach
1965 – 70: Canon-McMillan High School
Assistant Head Coach and Defensive Coordinator for the 1969
Western Conference championship team inducted into the Washington / Greene Chapter in 2005
1971 – 74: Ohio Northern University
Defensive Coordinator & Head Track Coach
1974 – 81 & 1984 – 89: Trinity High School – Head Coach
1986 Big Ten Champions
1986 Coach of the Year
1986 WPIAL AAA Semi-Finalist
1982 – 83: Upper St. Clair High School – Offensive Line Coach
Washington & Jefferson College
1991–2002: Assistant Coach under John Luckhardt and John Banaszak
11 President’s Athletic Conference Championships
2 Division III Championship Games: 1992, 1994
10 appearances in the NCAA Division III playoffs
108-26 (.806) during Johnson’s tenure at W&J
As a player and coach Bob Johnson has been associated with the 2 colleges that lead the NCAA Division III in total victories…Wittenberg with 656 wins and W&J with 626 wins.
As two times Trinity Head Coach, Bob Johnson had 5 winning seasons out of the 8 total in the previous 38 years as noted in the Observer-Reporter.
Head Coach of the 1984 Washington Pony All Star team in the Pony League World Series