Ellis T. Johnson
Encyclopedia
Ellis T. Johnson was an American football
, basketball
, baseball
, and track and field
player and coach in the United States
. He was a four sport letter winner at the University of Kentucky
playing basketball, football, baseball and track & field. In 1933 he became Adolph Rupp
's first All-American at Kentucky.
He was the head coach of Morehead State University
men's basketball, football, baseball, and track. He is Morehead's all-time winningest coach in football, with a 54-44-10 mark, and in basketball, where his teams went 176-158. Johnson also served as men's basketball head coach at Marshall University
American football
American football is a sport played between two teams of eleven with the objective of scoring points by advancing the ball into the opposing team's end zone. Known in the United States simply as football, it may also be referred to informally as gridiron football. The ball can be advanced by...
, basketball
Basketball
Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...
, baseball
Baseball
Baseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of nine players each. The aim is to score runs by hitting a thrown ball with a bat and touching a series of four bases arranged at the corners of a ninety-foot diamond...
, and track and field
Track and field
Track and field is a sport comprising various competitive athletic contests based around the activities of running, jumping and throwing. The name of the sport derives from the venue for the competitions: a stadium which features an oval running track surrounding a grassy area...
player and coach in the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
. He was a four sport letter winner at the University of Kentucky
University of Kentucky
The University of Kentucky, also known as UK, is a public co-educational university and is one of the state's two land-grant universities, located in Lexington, Kentucky...
playing basketball, football, baseball and track & field. In 1933 he became Adolph Rupp
Adolph Rupp
Adolph Frederick Rupp was one of the most successful coaches in the history of American college basketball. Rupp is fourth in total victories by a men's NCAA Division I college coach, winning 876 games in 41 years of coaching...
's first All-American at Kentucky.
He was the head coach of Morehead State University
Morehead State University
Morehead State University is a public, co-educational university located in Morehead, Kentucky, United States in the foothills of the Daniel Boone National Forest in Rowan County, midway between Lexington, Kentucky, and Huntington, West Virginia. The 2012 edition of "America's Best Colleges" by U.S...
men's basketball, football, baseball, and track. He is Morehead's all-time winningest coach in football, with a 54-44-10 mark, and in basketball, where his teams went 176-158. Johnson also served as men's basketball head coach at Marshall University
Marshall University
Marshall University is a coeducational public research university in Huntington, West Virginia, United States founded in 1837, and named after John Marshall, the fourth Chief Justice of the United States....