Roy W. Johnson (coach)

Roy W. Johnson
Johnson, cropped from 1919 Michigan Wolverines football team portrait
Biographical details
Born(1892-09-06)September 6, 1892
Grand Rapids, Michigan, U.S.
DiedSeptember 20, 1989(1989-09-20) (aged 97)
New Mexico, U.S.
Playing career
Football
1916, 1919Michigan
Position(s)Center, guard
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football
1920–1930New Mexico
Basketball
1919–1931New Mexico
1933–1940New Mexico
Baseball
1921–1929New Mexico
Administrative career (AD unless noted)
1920–1949New Mexico
Head coaching record
Overall41–32–6 (football)
165–146 (basketball)
5–3 (baseball)

Roy William Johnson (September 6, 1892 – September 20, 1989), nicknamed "Old Ironhead," was an American football player, coach of football, basketball, and baseball, and college athletics administrator. He served in various capacities in the athletics program at the University of New Mexico for nearly 40 years. He was the university's athletic director from 1920 to 1949, head football coach from 1920 to 1930, and head basketball coach from 1920 to 1931 and 1933 to 1940. He also coached New Mexico's track and tennis teams. In 1957, the university named the newly built Johnson Gymnasium in his honor.


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