RETIRE PAUL JOHNSON

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Fire, retire... it makes no difference now. Post your eulogy here.

Only 12 FBS coaches have been at their current school longer than Johnson, whose career at Tech has spanned longer than any head coach since Dodd retired after 22 seasons in 1966.

In addition to the three ACC Coach of the Year awards (2008, 2009, 2014), eight bowl appearances (2008-14, 2016), three bowl victories (2012, 2014, 2016), three ACC title games (2009, 2012, 2014) and 75 wins, Johnson’s long list of accomplishments at Georgia Tech includes:

• four nine-win seasons (2008, 2009, 2014, 2016) – Tech had just seven nine-win seasons in the 51 years immediately preceding Johnson’s arrival;
• two of the nine 10-win seasons in program history (2009, 2014);
• one of the five 11-win seasons in program history (2014);
• six first- or second-place finishes in the ACC Coastal Division – the only other ACC teams that have finished first or second in their division as many times in the last 10 seasons are Clemson (8), Florida State (7) and Virginia Tech (7);
• leading the ACC and ranking among the top 10 nationally in rushing offense every season;
• leading the nation in rushing offense twice – 2010 (323.3 ypg) and 2014 (342.1 ypg);
• compiling seven of the top 10 seasons in school history in terms of rushing offense;
• compiling six of the top 10 seasons in school history in terms of total offense;
• scoring at least 30 points in a game 63 times (going 51-12 in those contests);
• a 9-5 record (.643) at home against nationally ranked opponents (including three wins over top 10 teams)


With the Yellow Jackets, Johnson has coached:

• three first-team all-Americans – Michael Johnson (2008), Derrick Morgan (2009) and Shaquille Mason (2014);
• the 2008 ACC Offensive Player of the Year (Jonathan Dwyer);
• the 2009 ACC Defensive Player of the Year (Morgan);
• 15 first-team all-ACC honorees;
• 19 National Football League draft picks, including five selected in the first two rounds;
• six players who have rushed for 1,000 yards in a season a total of seven times – Dwyer (2008), Dwyer and Joshua Nesbitt (2009), Anthony Allen (2010),
Justin Thomas (2014), TaQuon Marshall and KirVonte Benson (2017).
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https://www.ajc.com/sports/college/paul-johnson-accomplishments-georgia-tech/SJg5UUWpqYmWa7N3cfM83L/
 
I believe I have a few words to say, sir.

Just look at that face. The face of a thinker. A warrior. A man for all seasons. Yes, Paul Johnson was all that and more. But he was not perfect. Perhaps his greatest fault was that he was too selfless. He cared too much for his fellow man, with nary a thought for himself. A man of limitless accomplishments, and unbridled modesty. I can safely say that to know him was to love him. And to love him was to know him. Those who knew him, loved him, while those who did not know him, loved him from afar.
 
ElCidBUZZingFAN said:
Best Georgia Tech football coach since Bobby Dodd.
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ftfy

Ross did one really amazing thing.

Johnson made us a consistent threat, year-to-year. We rarely got blown out of a game. More times than not, we were tightroping an earth-shattering win or a heartbreaking loss. It made for a lot of fun, exciting football. I will never forget 2009 VT, 2011 Clemson, 2014 UGA, 2016 UGA, or the 2014 Orange Bowl. The 2014 ACCCG maybe my favorite, even though we lost - it was awesome to see us competing on the national stage like that once again. This has been a great decade of Tech football. öööö the haters.
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I've been PJ's biggest supporter since before day 1 of his tenure at Tech. And I will stay his biggest supporter.
I've known him for almost 23 years and the guy is a better dude than a lot of people realize.
You think it's easy to win here at Tech? It isn't and though the teams didn't always post sparkling records, when he succeeded here, it was lights out fun. And first and foremost, he made sure his players were Tech men — they went to class, they graduated, they stayed out of trouble. He could win huge at a factory but knowing him, he wouldn't be able to live with himself if he had a team full of mercenaries and reprobates.
 
ElCidBUZZingFAN said:
Best Georgia Tech football coach since Bobby Ross.
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Yep. His stock will go up after he's been gone for a few years. We were lucky to have him.

Maybe I'll post a poll on the over/under (in years) before we make it back to (and win) a bowl as good as the Orange Bowl.
 
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