Biographical details | |
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Born | Morehead, Kentucky, U.S. | August 8, 1910
Died | August 5, 1990 79) Huntington, West Virginia, U.S. | (aged
Playing career | |
Football | |
1930–1932 | Kentucky |
Basketball | |
1930–1933 | Kentucky |
Baseball | |
1931 | Kentucky |
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
Football | |
1936–1952 | Morehead State |
Basketball | |
1936–1943 | Morehead State |
1947–1952 | Morehead State |
1963–1969 | Marshall |
Baseball | |
1941 | Morehead State |
Administrative career (AD unless noted) | |
1936–1953 | Morehead State |
Head coaching record | |
Overall | 54–44–10 (football) 252–247 (basketball) |
Ellis T. Johnson (August 8, 1910 – August 5, 1990) was an American football, basketball, baseball, and track and field player and coach. He was a four-sport letter-winner at the University of Kentucky, playing basketball, football, baseball, and track and field. In 1933 he became Adolph Rupp's first All-American at Kentucky.
Johnson was the head coach of Morehead State University men's basketball, football, baseball, and track. He is Morehead's all-time winningest coach in football, with a 54–44–10 mark, and in basketball, where his teams went 176–158. Johnson also served as men's basketball head coach at Marshall University.[1]
Head coaching record
Football
Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | |||||
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Morehead State Eagles (Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association) (1936–1941) | |||||||||
1936 | Morehead State | 4–1–2 | 4–1–2 | 10th | |||||
1937 | Morehead State | 7–1 | 4–1 | 7th | |||||
1938 | Morehead State | 5–1–1 | 2–1–1 | 13th | |||||
1939 | Morehead State | 6–2 | 2–2 | 14th | |||||
1940 | Morehead State | 3–2–2 | 1–1–2 | 17th | |||||
1941 | Morehead State | 3–4 | 0–3 | 30th | |||||
Morehead State Eagles (Independent) (1942–1947) | |||||||||
1942 | Morehead State | 4–1–2 | |||||||
1943 | No team—World War II | ||||||||
1944 | No team—World War II | ||||||||
1945 | No team—World War II | ||||||||
1946 | Morehead State | 6–1 | |||||||
1947 | Morehead State | 1–6–2 | |||||||
Morehead State Eagles (Ohio Valley Conference) (1948–1952) | |||||||||
1948 | Morehead State | 3–5 | 0–3 | 6th | |||||
1949 | Morehead State | 6–3 | 3–3 | 4th | |||||
1950 | Morehead State | 4–4 | 3–3 | 4th | |||||
1951 | Morehead State | 1–7 | 0–6 | 7th | |||||
1952 | Morehead State | 1–6–1 | 0–4–1 | 6th | |||||
Morehead State: | 54–44–10 | 19–28–6 | |||||||
Total: | 54–44–10 |
Basketball
Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
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Morehead State Eagles (Kentucky Intercollegiate Athletic Conference) (1936–1943) | |||||||||
1936–37 | Morehead State | 14–3 | |||||||
1937–38 | Morehead State | 6–11 | |||||||
1938–39 | Morehead State | 16–8 | |||||||
1939–40 | Morehead State | 7–14 | |||||||
1940–41 | Morehead State | 11–7 | |||||||
1941–42 | Morehead State | 12–10 | |||||||
1942–43 | Morehead State | 12–7 | |||||||
Morehead State Eagles (Kentucky Intercollegiate Athletic Conference) (1945–1948) | |||||||||
1945–46 | Morehead State | 13–8 | |||||||
1946–47 | Morehead State | 11–16 | |||||||
1947–48 | Morehead State | 10–17 | |||||||
Morehead State Eagles (Ohio Valley Conference) (1948–1953) | |||||||||
1948–49 | Morehead State | 14–9 | 2–7 | 7th | |||||
1940–50 | Morehead State | 12–10 | 5–6 | 4th | |||||
1950–51 | Morehead State | 14–12 | 4–7 | 5th | |||||
1951–52 | Morehead State | 11–14 | 3–9 | 5th | |||||
1952–53 | Morehead State | 13–12 | 3–7 | T–4th | |||||
Morehead State: | 176–158 (.527) | ||||||||
Marshall Thundering Herd (Mid-American Conference) (1963–1969) | |||||||||
1963–64 | Marshall | 6–17 | 1–11 | 7th | |||||
1964–65 | Marshall | 4–20 | 1–11 | 7th | |||||
1965–66 | Marshall | 12–12 | 4–8 | T–5th | |||||
1966–67 | Marshall | 20–8 | 10–2 | 2nd | NIT Fourth Place | ||||
1967–68 | Marshall | 17–8 | 9–3 | 2nd | NIT First Round | ||||
1968–69 | Marshall | 9–15 | 3–9 | T–6th | |||||
Marshall: | 68–80 (.459) | 28–44 (.389) | |||||||
Total: | 244–238 (.506) |
References
- ↑ "Ellis Johnson Big Blue bio". Retrieved August 10, 2011.
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