Former Navy coach Paul Johnson on Monday was chosen to be inducted into the Nationwide Soccer Basis and Faculty Corridor of Fame. Johnson, who additionally served as head coach at Georgia Southern and Georgia Tech, is amongst a category that features 18 gamers, together with former stars equivalent to Reggie Bush and Tim Tebow, and 4 coaches.
Johnson turns into the twenty fifth Navy participant or coach to be voted into the Faculty Soccer Corridor of Fame. He’s the fifth former Navy coach so honored, becoming a member of Gil Dobie (1917-19), William Ingram (1916-18), Wayne Hardin (1959-64) and George Welsh (1973-81). Twenty Navy gamers have been inducted.
The category was voted on by 80 gamers and 9 coaches from the Soccer Bowl Subdivision, together with 96 gamers and 33 coaches from the divisional ranks. Johnson was named to the poll in June in his first yr of eligibility. He was amongst 9 FBS coaches up for induction, a bunch that additionally included former Maryland coach Ralph Friedgen.
Johnson led Navy from 2002 by way of 2007 and was accountable for resurrecting this system. He had beforehand served as offensive coordinator beneath Charlie Weatherbie in 1995-96 earlier than leaving to grow to be coach at Georgia Southern.
Navy soccer stumbled after Johnson left as coordinator, struggling 4 straight shedding seasons from 1998 by way of 2001. The Midshipmen went 1-20 of their ultimate two seasons beneath Weatherbie.
Johnson spent the 2002 season utterly revamping this system, as Navy struggled to a 2-10 document. Nevertheless, the Midshipmen went 8-5 and earned a berth within the Houston Bowl in Johnson’s second season.
That started a streak of 5 straight profitable seasons capped by bowl berths beneath Johnson, whose finest season in Annapolis got here in 2004 when Navy went 10-2, beat New Mexico within the Emerald Bowl and completed the season ranked No. 24 within the Related Press ballot.
Johnson left for Georgia Tech after the 2007 marketing campaign, which was highlighted by an epic 46-44 triple-overtime victory over Notre Dame that ended Navy’s historic 43-game shedding streak within the collection.
Johnson is the fifth-winningest coach in Navy soccer historical past with a document of 45-29 in six seasons. His general document as a university soccer head coach is 189-100 over 22 seasons.
Johnson posted a gaudy 62-10 mark in 5 seasons at Georgia Southern, which he led to 2 NCAA Division I-AA nationwide championships. He went 82-61 in 11 seasons at Georgia Tech, which he led to 4 Coastal Division crowns inside the Atlantic Coast Convention. The Yellow Jackets gained the ACC championship recreation in 2009 in his second season.
The 2023 Faculty Soccer Corridor of Fame Class will formally be inducted through the sixty fifth Nationwide Soccer Basis awards dinner, being held Dec. 5, 2023, on the ARIA Resort & On line casino in Las Vegas.
Every inductee can even be acknowledged at their respective collegiate establishments with NFF Corridor of Fame On-Campus Salutes through the fall. Their accomplishments can be eternally immortalized on the Chick-fil-A Faculty Soccer Corridor of Fame in Atlanta, and every inductee will obtain a customized ring created by Jostens.
Along with Johnson, former coaches Monte Cater ( Lakeland Faculty, Shepherd Faculty), Roy Kramer ( Central Michigan) and Mark Richt (Georgia, Miami) can be inducted.
“Every of those males has established himself among the many best possible to have ever performed or coached the sport, and we stay up for immortalizing their unimaginable accomplishments,” stated Archie Manning, NFF Chairman and a 1989 Faculty Soccer Corridor of Famer from Mississippi.
Faculty Soccer Corridor of Fame Class of 2023
— Eric Berry — DB, Tennessee (2007-09)
— Michael Bishop — QB, Kansas State (1997-98)
— Reggie Bush — RB, USC (2003-05)
— Monte Cater — HC Lakeland (1991-96), Shepherd (1987-2017)
— Dwight Freeney — DE, Syracuse (1998-01)
— Robert Gallery — OT, Iowa (2000-03)
— LaMichael James — RB, Oregon (2009-11)
— Derrick Johnson — LB, Texas (2001-04)
— Paul Johnson — HC Georgia Southern (1997-01), Navy (2002-07), Georgia Tech (2008-18)
— Invoice Kollar — DT, Montana State (1971-73)
— Roy Kramer — HC, Central Michigan (1967-77)
— Luke Kuechly — LB, Boston Faculty (2009-11)
— Jeremy Maclin — WR/KR, Missouri (2007-08)
— Terance Mathis — WR, New Mexico (1985-87)
— Bryant McKinnie — OT, Miami (2000-01)
— Corey Moore — DL, Virginia Tech (1997-99)
— Mark Richt — HC, Georgia (2001-15), Miami (2016-18)
— Michael Stonebreaker — LB, Notre Dame (1986, 1988, 1990)
— Tim Tebow — QB, Florida (2006-09)
— Troy Vincent — DB, Wisconsin (1988-91)
— Brian Westbrook — RB, Villanova (1997-98, 2000-01)
— DeAngelo Williams — RB, Memphis (2002-05)
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