Sunday, November 18, 2007

Coach Profile: Paul Johnson

Paul Johnson recently made the national news when he lead Navy to their first victory over Notre Dame in over three decades. He's also making a name for himself as a coach who can take struggling programs and build them into consistent winners. Can he come into Westwood and work his magic one more time?

Background

Paul Johnson is 52 years old and is currently the head coach a the United States Naval Academ. He started his coaching career in 1979 as an offensive coordinator. He has used a number of different offensive schemes over the years but there has been a consistent emphasis on a strong running game wherever he has gone.

From 1987 to 1994 Johnson was the offensive coordinator at Hawaii. He developed a successful offensive unit which had top-20 statistical rankings in scoring offense, total offense and rushing offense during six of his eight seasons. In 1996 he was given the head coaching job at 1-AA Georgia Southern. He ran another potent running offense there that lead the Eagles to two National Championships and five conference championships.

In 2002, Paul moved to the 1-A level when he took the head coaching job at Navy. This was a program in disarray and many sports analysts thought the service academies could not compete with other teams in the modern era. Johnson proved them wrong and lead Navy to four consecutive bowl appearances for the first time ever in school history. His Midshipmen have lead the NCAA in rushing offensive during Johnson's tenure. His salary at Navy is right around $1 million.

College Head Coaching Record


Year Team Overall Bowl Rank#
Georgia Southern (Southern 1AA) (1977 - 1994)
1997 Georgia Southern 10-3



1998 Georgia Southern 14-1



1999 Georgia Southern 13-2

National Champ

2000 Georgia Southern 13-2

National Champ

2001 Georgia Southern 12-2




Georgia Southern:
62-10


Navy (Independent) (2002 — 2007)
2002 Navy 2-10





2003 Navy 8-5
Houston (L)




2004 Navy 10-2
Emerald (W)
24



2005 Navy 8-4
Poinsettia (W)




2006 Navy 9-4
Meineke (L)





Navy:
43-29


Total: 105-39


Indicates BCS bowl game. #Rankings from final Coaches Poll of the season.


Positives

Johnson has had a lot of success wherever he has gone. He has won two D1-AA national championships, five conference titles, and was named the 1AA coach of the year for four consecutive seasons. He was named the 2004 Bobby Dodd national coach of the year when he lead Navy to their first 10 win season in a century. His overall win loss record is awesome and he has won almost 75% of the games he has coached.

What's even more impressive is that he has done this at schools who had struggling football programs before he arrived. Navy also has a huge recruiting disadvantage being a service academy, yet Johnson was able to develop his players to compete with other big programs. They only had two winning seasons in the 20 years prior to Johnson but they have recorded winning season in the last four years with Paul at the helm.

Johnson has run multiple types of offenses over the years including different versions of the spread, run-and-shoot, and even the triple option. He has adapted his strategy to take advantage of the players he has and their background. That type of flexibility is in stark contrast to the rigid dedication Karl Dorrell has to his West Coast Offense.

Negatives

Johnson has never had a coaching position at a high profile school. Will he be able to handle the extra media attention and visibility that comes with the UCLA coaching job? Along those same lines, he hasn't competed against top-tier opponents. It is a lot easier to post winning records when you have Duke, Temple, and Army on your schedule every year.

Another question is will he be able to recruit against guys like Tedford, Erickson, and Carroll? He doesn't have the NFL experience nor has he put many kids into the league. He also doesn't have the buzz and hype like some other coaches because he uses a rather antiquated offense at Navy. Some have questioned if he'll be able to draw elite quarterbacks into his program because he has used an antiquated offense in the past.

Verdict

Paul Johnson is an experienced, successful, proven head coach. He hasn't coached in a BCS conference yet, but virtually no other coach on UCLA's radar can claim such accomplishments. He is a five time national coach of the year and he has revived languishing programs wherever he has gone. He is also flexible and thinks outside the box. Will he be able to take UCLA to the next level? If anyone can do it, I think Johnson can.

The knocks on him recruiting might be a bit over blown. If he can mold the Bruins into winners then the recruits will come. Also, he can hire a dynamic recruiter like Eric Scott or DeWayne Walker to pound the pavement as well. Even if he doesn't have the greatest talent at his disposal, it seems like Johnson develops his kids into successful football players. I can't say that is true with our current head coach.

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

Interesting name, I am not as high as others are on him. I am not sold on his ability to compete with the big time programs.

But I think he is not going to getoutcoached so he is definately someone to interview.

Anonymous said...

Can UCLA dole out 1 million+? If not, it's hard for me to see Johnson take a paycut to coach at a school he has no emotional connections to.

CPBruinFan said...

From what I've heard and read, the conventional wisdom is that UCLA would be willing to spend somewhere around $1.2 - $1.5 million.

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