Johnson Creating A Lot Of Buzz In ACC

Paul Johnson was a highly-successful coach at the U.S. Naval Academy for six seasons before he was was named head football coach at Georgia Tech on December 7, 2007. Johnson is the 12th head coach in Yellow Jacket football history.

Johnson coached six years at Navy and in 2007 his Midshipmen won a fifth straight Commander-In-Chief's Trophy, earned a postseason bowl bid for the fifth consecutive year and beat Notre Dame for the first time since 1963. In six seasons at Navy, Johnson compiled a record of 45-29. He recently completed his 11th season as a college head coach, compiling a career record of 107-39.

In his first season at Georgia Tech, Johnson has surprised a lot of people and is a contender in the ACC. His critics said that his triple option offense could not work in the ACC but so far he has proven his critics wrong.