Ellis_T._Johnson

Ellis T. Johnson
Biographical details
Born	August 8, 1910; Morehead, Kentucky, U.S.
Died	August 5, 1990 (aged 79); Huntington, West Virginia, U.S.
Playing career
Football
1930–1932	Kentucky
Basketball
1930–1933	Kentucky
Baseball
1931	Kentucky
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football
1936–1952	Morehead State
Basketball
1936–1943	Morehead State
1947–1952	Morehead State
1963–1969	Marshall
Baseball
1941	Morehead State
Administrative career (AD unless noted)
1936–1953	Morehead State
Head coaching record
Overall	54–44–10 (football); 252–247 (basketball)

Ellis T. Johnson

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Ellis T. Johnson (August 8, 1910 – August 5, 1990) was an American football, basketball, baseball, and track and field player and coach. He was a four-sport letter-winner at the University of Kentucky, playing basketball, football, baseball, and track and field. In 1933 he became Adolph Rupp's first All-American at Kentucky.

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Johnson 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.^[1]

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Year	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing
Morehead State Eagles (Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association) (1936–1941)
1936	Morehead State	4–1–2	4–1–2	10th
1937	Morehead State	7–1	4–1	7th
1938	Morehead State	5–1–1	2–1–1	13th
1939	Morehead State	6–2	2–2	14th
1940	Morehead State	3–2–2	1–1–2	17th
1941	Morehead State	3–4	0–3	30th
Morehead State Eagles (Independent) (1942–1947)
1942	Morehead State	4–1–2
1943	No team—World War II
1944	No team—World War II
1945	No team—World War II
1946	Morehead State	6–1
1947	Morehead State	1–6–2
Morehead State Eagles (Ohio Valley Conference) (1948–1952)
1948	Morehead State	3–5	0–3	6th
1949	Morehead State	6–3	3–3	4th
1950	Morehead State	4–4	3–3	4th
1951	Morehead State	1–7	0–6	7th
1952	Morehead State	1–6–1	0–4–1	6th
Morehead State:		54–44–10	19–28–6
Total:		54–44–10

Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
Morehead State Eagles (Kentucky Intercollegiate Athletic Conference) (1936–1943)
1936–37	Morehead State	14–3
1937–38	Morehead State	6–11
1938–39	Morehead State	16–8
1939–40	Morehead State	7–14
1940–41	Morehead State	11–7
1941–42	Morehead State	12–10
1942–43	Morehead State	12–7
Morehead State Eagles (Kentucky Intercollegiate Athletic Conference) (1945–1948)
1945–46	Morehead State	13–8
1946–47	Morehead State	11–16
1947–48	Morehead State	10–17
Morehead State Eagles (Ohio Valley Conference) (1948–1953)
1948–49	Morehead State	14–9	2–7	7th
1940–50	Morehead State	12–10	5–6	4th
1950–51	Morehead State	14–12	4–7	5th
1951–52	Morehead State	11–14	3–9	5th
1952–53	Morehead State	13–12	3–7	T–4th
Morehead State:		176–158 (.527)
Marshall Thundering Herd (Mid-American Conference) (1963–1969)
1963–64	Marshall	6–17	1–11	7th
1964–65	Marshall	4–20	1–11	7th
1965–66	Marshall	12–12	4–8	T–5th
1966–67	Marshall	20–8	10–2	2nd	NIT Fourth Place
1967–68	Marshall	17–8	9–3	2nd	NIT First Round
1968–69	Marshall	9–15	3–9	T–6th
Marshall:		68–80 (.459)	28–44 (.389)
Total:		244–238 (.506)

Ellis_T._Johnson

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Biographical details
Born	(1910-08-08)August 8, 1910 Morehead, Kentucky, U.S.
Died	August 5, 1990(1990-08-05) (aged 79) Huntington, West Virginia, U.S.
Playing career
Football
1930–1932	Kentucky
Basketball
1930–1933	Kentucky
Baseball
1931	Kentucky

Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football
1936–1952	Morehead State
Basketball
1936–1943	Morehead State
1947–1952	Morehead State
1963–1969	Marshall
Baseball
1941	Morehead State

Administrative career (AD unless noted)
1936–1953	Morehead State

Head coaching record
Overall	54–44–10 (football) 252–247 (basketball)