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

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