Craig Johnson (American football)
| New York Giants | |
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| Position: | Running backs coach |
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| Date of birth: | March 3, 1960 |
| Place of birth: | Rome, New York |
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| College: | Wyoming |
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Craig Johnson (born March 3, 1960) is an American football coach who is the running backs coach for the New York Giants of the National Football League (NFL). He was the quarterbacks coach for the Minnesota Vikings from 2011 to 2013. Prior to the Vikings, he was the quarterbacks coach for the Tennessee Titans from 2002 to 2009 and the running backs coach for the 2010 season.
Johnson began his coaching career as a graduate assistant at Wyoming in 1983. In 1984, Johnson would move to Arkansas in the same capacity.
In 1985, Johnson was a part-time assistant coach at Army, tutoring the fullbacks.
From 1986 to 1988, Johnson served as running backs coach for Rutgers.
From 1989 to 1991, Johnson was the offensive coordinator at Virginia Military Institute. Under Johnson, VMI's offense ranked fifth in the nation in total offense in 1990 and first in rushing offense in 1991.
From 1992 to 1996, Johnson served as the quarterback coach for Northwestern University. At NU, he was part of the first back-to-back Big Ten Conference champions (1995-96) in the school's history. Johnson's quarterback Steve Schnur earned first-team All-Big Ten honors as a senior and posted a career-high 336 passing yards in the 1996 Rose Bowl against USC.
From 1997 to 1998, Johnson was the quarterbacks coach at Maryland. He also served as the Terrapins' offensive coordinator for two years (1997-98). In his last year at Maryland, the Terrapins led the Atlantic Coast Conference in rushing offense (235 yards per game avg).
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