Texas-ok Oil Bowl Honor's North Texas' Homer Johnson

FirefightnRick · June 22, 2008

http://www.oilbowl.com/honored_guests.htm

Homer Johnson (Garland 1993)Johnson was on the coaching staff of one of the most talented Oil Bowl teams Texas has ever produced.Nine players off that team went on to play in the NFL following their 23-14 win over Oklahoma.Johnson just completed his 60th year working for the Garland Independent School District.A 1945 graduate of Garland High School, Johnson played football at Texas A&M and North Texas State before coming home to take his first coaching job as an assistant under Jerry Sellers in 1948. At the time, the 20-year-old backfield coach was the youngest assistant in Texas.Johnson took over as head coach at Garland in 1958 -- again, at 29, the youngest head football coach in Texas at the highest classification. He directed the Owls to their first district title in that classification in 1960.At 34, Johnson took over as athletic director for the Garland school system and has been on that job now for 46 years.

He is a member of the Garland Sports Hall of Fame; the Texas High School Football Coaches Hall of Honor; the Texas Athletic Directors Hall of Honor and the Texas Football Hall of Fame.

Yes I know it's hard to believe that the outside world doesn't know and probably never will know or give a $hit that we have a long tenured tradition in major college football in the state of Texas. But the Mean Green Nation knows and we couldn't be more proud.

Rick

Edited June 22, 2008 by FirefightnRick

FirefightnRick · June 23, 2008

Congratulations Homer Johnson. A great represenative of our fine university.

Rick

SilverEagle · June 23, 2008

http://www.oilbowl.com/honored_guests.htm
Homer Johnson (Garland 1993)Johnson was on the coaching staff of one of the most talented Oil Bowl teams Texas has ever produced.Nine players off that team went on to play in the NFL following their 23-14 win over Oklahoma.Johnson just completed his 60th year working for the Garland Independent School District.A 1945 graduate of Garland High School, Johnson played football at Texas A&M and North Texas State before coming home to take his first coaching job as an assistant under Jerry Sellers in 1948. At the time, the 20-year-old backfield coach was the youngest assistant in Texas.Johnson took over as head coach at Garland in 1958 -- again, at 29, the youngest head football coach in Texas at the highest classification. He directed the Owls to their first district title in that classification in 1960.At 34, Johnson took over as athletic director for the Garland school system and has been on that job now for 46 years.
He is a member of the Garland Sports Hall of Fame; the Texas High School Football Coaches Hall of Honor; the Texas Athletic Directors Hall of Honor and the Texas Football Hall of Fame.
Yes I know it's hard to believe that the outside world doesn't know and probably never will know or give a $hit that we have a long tenured tradition in major college football in the state of Texas. But the Mean Green Nation knows and we couldn't be more proud.
Rick

He must have been the visionary that hired Chuck Curtis away from Jacksboro after J'Boro's 1962 championship run. Curtis then took Garland to the state championship in 1963 and 1964.