Ozias Johnson

American football and basketball coach

Ozias Johnson
Biographical details
Born	(1910-08-26)August 26, 1910 Powhatan, Louisiana, U.S.
Died	December 1980 Grambling, Louisiana, U.S.
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football
1934	Louisiana Negro
Basketball
1940–1942	Louisiana Negro

Head coaching record
Overall	0–2 (football)

Ozias Andrew Johnson Jr.^[1] (August 26, 1910 – December 1980) was an American football and basketball coach. He served as the second head football coach at the Louisiana Negro Normal and Industrial Institute—now known as Grambling State University—in Grambling, Louisiana and he held that position for the 1934 season, compiling a record of 0–2.^[2] Johnson coached the school's basketball team from 1940 to 1942.^[3]^[4]^[5]

Johnson was also the postmaster of Grambling, Louisiana while he coached.^[6]

References

^ "FamilySearch: Sign In". Retrieved June 30, 2023.
^ "Grambling State Tigers coaching records". Archived from the original on October 6, 2008. Retrieved June 2, 2008.
^ "Recent Obituaries".
^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on July 14, 2014. Retrieved July 13, 2014.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
^ "Minden Press-Herald Online". June 20, 2015.
^ "The Pittsburgh Courier from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania". Newspapers.com. November 20, 1937. Retrieved June 30, 2023.

Grambling State Tigers head football coaches

Ralph Waldo Emerson Jones (1928)
No team (1929–1930)
Ralph Waldo Emerson Jones (1931)
Ira Smith (1932)
Joe Williams (1932)
Ozias Johnson (1934)
Emory Hines (1935–1940)
Eddie Robinson (1941–1942)
No team (1943–1944)
Eddie Robinson (1946–1997)
Doug Williams (1998–2003)
Melvin Spears (2004–2006)
Rod Broadway (2007–2010)
Doug Williams (2011–2013)
George Ragsdale # (2013)
Dennis Winston # (2013)
Broderick Fobbs (2014–2021)
Terrence Graves # (2021)
Hue Jackson (2022–2023)
Mickey Joseph (2024– )

# denotes interim head coach

v t e Grambling State Tigers men's basketball head coaches
W. L. Garner Ozias Johnson (1940–1942) Eddie Robinson (1943–1956) Fred Hobdy (1956–1986) Bob Hopkins (1986–1989) Aaron James (1989–1995) Lacey Reynolds (1995–1999) Larry Wright (1999–2008) Rick Duckett (2008–2009) Robert Washington (2009–2012) Joseph Price (2012–2014) Shawn Walker (2014–2017) Donte Jackson (2017– )