Johnny Majors
Majors in 2009
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| Sport(s) | Football |
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| Biographical details | |
| Born |
May 21, 1935 Lynchburg, Tennessee |
| Playing career | |
| 1953–1956 | Tennessee |
| 1957 | Montreal Alouettes |
| Position(s) | Halfback |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1957 | Tennessee (GA) |
| 1958–1959 | Tennessee (backfield) |
| 1960–1963 | Mississippi State (DB) |
| 1964–1967 | Arkansas (assistant) |
| 1968–1972 | Iowa State |
| 1973–1976 | Pittsburgh |
| 1977–1992 | Tennessee |
| 1993–1996 | Pittsburgh |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 185–137–10 |
| Bowls | 9–6 |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
| 1 National (1976) 3 SEC (1985, 1989–1990) |
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| Awards | |
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All-American, 1956 2× SEC MVP (1955–1956) Walter Camp Coach of the Year (1973) AFCA Coach of the Year (1976) Sporting News College Football COY (1976) SEC Coach of the Year (1985) |
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College Football Hall of Fame Inducted in 1987 (profile) |
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John Terrill Majors (born May 21, 1935) is a former American football player and coach. A standout halfback at the University of Tennessee, he was an All-American in 1956 and a two-time winner of the Southeastern Conference Most Valuable Player award, in 1955 and 1956. He finished second to Paul Hornung in voting for the Heisman Trophy in 1956. Majors served as the head football coach at Iowa State University (1968–1972), the University of Pittsburgh (1973–1976, 1993–1996), and Tennessee (1977–1992), compiling a career college football record of 185–137–10. His 1976 Pittsburgh squad won a national championship after capping a 12–0 season with a victory in the Sugar Bowl. Majors was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame as a player in 1987.
Majors played high school football for the Huntland Hornets of Franklin County, Tennessee. They won the state championship in 1951. Majors' father, Shirley Majors, was the head coach at Huntland from 1949 to 1957 and then head coach at The University of the South, Sewanee, from 1957 to 1977. Majors also played alongside his brother, Joe, at Huntland. Another brother, Bobby, also played at Tennessee and professionally for the Cleveland Browns. In all, Majors had four brothers, who all played football. Johnny was the oldest.
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