Ozias Johnson Explained

Ozias Johnson
Birth Date:26 August 1910
Birth Place:Powhatan, Louisiana, U.S.
Death Place:Grambling, Louisiana, U.S.
Coach Sport1:Football
Coach Years2:1934–1937
Coach Team2:Louisiana Negro
Coach Sport3:Basketball
Coach Years4:1940–1942
Coach Team4:Louisiana Negro
Overall Record:0–2 (football)

Ozias Andrew Johnson Jr. (August 26, 1910 – December 5, 1980) was an American college football and college basketball coach and educator. He served head football coach at the Louisiana Negro Normal and Industrial Institute—now known as Grambling State University—in Grambling, Louisiana from 1934 to 1937. He coached the school's basketball team from 1940 to 1942.[1]

Johnson was also the postmaster of Grambling, Louisiana while he coached at Louisiana Normal.[2] He later coached and taught in the in the school system of Webster Parish, Louisiana. Johnson died on December 5, 1980, at St. Francis Medical Center in Grambling.[3]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Archived copy . July 13, 2014 . July 14, 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140714172937/http://www.nwlanews.com/archive/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=22174:former-webster-high-graduates-candidates-for-grambling-state-legends-hall-of-fame&catid=28:miscellaneous-sports&Itemid=55 . dead .
  2. News: Washington . Chester L., Jr. . 'Sez Ches'; Flying Down To Dixie... Southern . . . November 20, 1937 . 16 . November 17, 2024 . .
  3. News: . Deaths; Ozais Johnson . News-Star-World . . December 7, 1980 . 7B . November 17, 2024 . .