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Jimmy Johnson American Football Coach - Wikipedia

Jimmy Johnson is a former American football coach who is the first to win both a college football national championship and a Super Bowl. He served as the head coach of the University of Miami from 1984 to 1988, winning the national championship in 1987. Johnson then coached the Dallas Cowboys from 1989 to 1993, leading them to consecutive Super Bowl victories in Super Bowl XXVII and XXVIII. After retiring from coaching in 1999, Johnson has worked as a sports analyst for Fox Sports.

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Jimmy Johnson American Football Coach - Wikipedia

Jimmy Johnson is a former American football coach who is the first to win both a college football national championship and a Super Bowl. He served as the head coach of the University of Miami from 1984 to 1988, winning the national championship in 1987. Johnson then coached the Dallas Cowboys from 1989 to 1993, leading them to consecutive Super Bowl victories in Super Bowl XXVII and XXVIII. After retiring from coaching in 1999, Johnson has worked as a sports analyst for Fox Sports.

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This article is about the American football coach. For other people named or Jimmy or Jimmie Johnson, see
Jimmy Johnson (disambiguation).

James William Johnson (born July 16, 1943) is an American sports analyst and former football
coach. Johnson served as a head football coach on the collegiate level from 1979 to 1988 and in
the National Football League (NFL) for nine seasons. He is the first head football coach to win both
a college football national championship and a Super Bowl (Barry Switzer and Pete Carroll have
since joined him), achieving the former with Miami and the latter with the Dallas Cowboys.

Johnson held his first head football coaching


Jimmy Johnson
position at Oklahoma State before becoming
Miami's head football coach in 1984 and guided
the team to victory in the 1988 Orange Bowl. His
collegiate success resulted in Johnson
succeeding original Cowboys head coach Tom
Landry in 1989, a position that saw him help
rebuild the team back to winning form.
Johnson's tenure from 1989 to 1993 culminated
with the Cowboys winning consecutive Super
Bowl titles in Super Bowl XXVII and Super Bowl
XXVIII, but conflict with owner Jerry Jones led to
Johnson leaving after the second championship.

Following two years away from football, Johnson Johnson in 2022


returned in 1996 to become the head coach of
Personal information
the Miami Dolphins, where he served until
retiring after the 1999 season. Since his Born: July 16, 1943
(age 79)
coaching retirement, Johnson has appeared as Port Arthur, Texas,
an analyst for Fox Sports and is one of the U.S.
featured commentators of Fox NFL Sunday. He Career information
was inducted to the College Football Hall of
High school: Thomas Jefferson
Fame in 2012 and the Pro Football Hall of Fame in
(Port Arthur, Texas)
2020.
College: Arkansas

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