Curtis Johnson
Curtis Johnson went 15–34 as a head coach, 2012–2015, at Tulane. Share
- Record
- 15–34 career
- Seasons
- 4
- Schools
- 1
- Final AP top 10
- 0 seasons
- Best season
- 2013 7–6
Season by season
| Season | School | Record | Conference finish | Bowl | AP final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | Tulane | 2–10 | 6th (West) | |||
| 2013 | Tulane | 7–6 | 4th (West) | New Orleans Bowl L | ||
| 2014 | Tulane | 3–9 | T–8th | |||
| 2015 | Tulane | 3–9 | 6th (West) |
Each season links to the team’s season page; bowls and playoff games link to the game. Conference finishes from the Wikipedia article’s record table.
Players he coached
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Every player from his seasons with a Heisman top-five finish, a national award, consensus All-America honors or a first-round pick. Photos: Wikimedia Commons, free licenses; credits on each player’s page.
How his teams did
| Kind of game | Games | Record | Won |
|---|---|---|---|
| Against ranked teams | 3 | 0–3 | 0% |
| Against rivals | 1 | 0–1 | 0% |
| Conference games | 32 | 10–22 | 31% |
| Bowls and playoffs | 1 | 0–1 | 0% |
| Decided by 8 points or fewer | 17 | 6–11 | 35% |
| At home | 25 | 11–14 | 44% |
| On the road | 23 | 4–19 | 17% |
| At neutral sites | 1 | 0–1 | 0% |
| As our Elo’s favorite | 8 | 4–4 | 50% |
| As our Elo’s underdog | 41 | 11–30 | 27% |
His own 49 games on file, 2012–2015, as played (vacated wins counted, ties as half a win). Ranks are the AP poll going into the game; rivals are the ones either program’s Wikipedia article names; favorite and underdog by our own Elo rating, which reads only scores.
Against other head coaches
| Coach | Record | Their schools | Games | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bill Blankenship 2012–2014 | 1–2 | Tulsa | 3 | |
| Ruffin McNeill 2012–2014 | 1–2 | East Carolina | 3 | |
| Justin Fuente 2012–2015 | 0–3 | Memphis | 3 |
Curtis Johnson’s record against the head coaches he met three or more times, from the games on file, as played.
Most-faced opponents
| Opponent | Games | Record |
|---|---|---|
| Tulsaseries | 4 | 1–3 |
| East Carolinaseries | 3 | 1–2 |
| Houstonseries | 3 | 1–2 |
| Memphisseries | 3 | 0–3 |
| UConnseries | 2 | 1–1 |
| UCFseries | 2 | 1–1 |
| UL Monroeseries | 2 | 1–1 |
| SMUseries | 2 | 1–1 |
National title staffs
Every title staff- Won a national title on Miami’s 2001 staff (wide receivers) · the staff · source
The champions’ staffs from 1990 on, as the schools listed them that season: Staff lists: Drew Hoover’s how-many-rings (MIT), from the schools’ media guides and staff pages. Roles as the source words them.
Also a player: Curtis Johnson’s playing career.
Career
| Years | Team | Job | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1984–86 | Lewiston (ID) HS high school | Wide receivers coach | |
| 1987–88 | Idaho | Wide receivers coach | |
| 1989–93 | San Diego State | Wide receivers coach | |
| 1994 | SMU | Wide receivers coach | |
| 1995 | California | Wide receivers coach | |
| 1996–2005 | Miami (FL) | Wide receivers coach | |
| 2006–11 | New Orleans Saints NFL | Wide receivers coach | |
| 2012–15 | Tulane | Head coach | |
| 2016 | Chicago Bears NFL | Wide receivers coach | |
| 2017–20 | New Orleans Saints NFL | Senior offensive assistant | |
| 2021 | New Orleans Saints NFL | Senior offensive assistant and wide receivers coach | |
| 2023–25 | Houston Roughnecks / Gamblers USFL | Head coach | |
| 2026–present | Southern | Assistant head coach and wide receivers coach |
Every job as the infobox of his Wikipedia article lists it (CC BY-SA), assistant jobs included.
Coaching tree
Worked under
- Keith GilbertsonIdaho, California
- Al LuginbillSan Diego State
- Tom RossleySMU
- Butch DavisMiami
- Larry CokerMiami
- John FoxChicago Bears
Assistants who became head coaches
- Jon SumrallTroy, Tulane, Florida
- Mike NeuBall State, Carolina Cobras, New Orleans VooDoo
Worked under (6)
| Head coach | Team | Years | His job | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Keith Gilbertson | Idaho | 1987–88 | Wide receivers coach | |
| Al Luginbill | San Diego State | 1989–93 | Wide receivers coach | |
| Tom Rossley | SMU | 1994 | Wide receivers coach | |
| Keith Gilbertson | California | 1995 | Wide receivers coach | |
| Butch Davis | Miami | 1996–2000 | Wide receivers coach | |
| Larry Coker | Miami | 2001–05 | Wide receivers coach | |
| John Fox | Chicago Bears NFL | 2016 | Wide receivers coach |
Coached under him, later head coaches (2)
| Coach | With him | Head coach at | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jon Sumrall | Tulane, 2012–13: co-defensive coordinator and defensive line coach; 2014: co-defensive coordinator and linebackers coach | Troy, Tulane, Florida | |
| Mike Neu | Tulane, 2012–13: quarterbacks coach | Ball State, Carolina Cobras, New Orleans VooDoo |
Other assistants under him (4)
| Coach | With him | |
|---|---|---|
| Eric Price | Tulane, 2012–15: offensive coordinator | |
| Jason Rollins | Tulane, 2012–13: defensive backs coach; 2014: special teams and defensive backs coach; 2015: co-defensive coordinator and defensive backs coach | |
| Lionel Washington | Tulane, 2012–15: co-defensive coordinator and defensive backs coach | |
| Chris Wilson | Houston Gamblers, 2023: defensive coordinator |
From coaches’ Wikipedia infoboxes (CC BY-SA) and each season’s article for its coordinators: an assistant’s seasons at a school count under its head coach in our records; jobs in the NFL and elsewhere, under the head coach whose own article lists the job that year. Names without a page here link to their Wikipedia articles.
How he coached
Johnson’s teams went for it on 17% of fourth downs and on 25% of those where the model said go for it, passed on 52% of plays and took 23.9 seconds a play, 2013–2015.
| Season | Went for it on fourth | When the model said go | Pass rate | Seconds a play | EPA a play | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 13 g | 12 of 107 11% | 26% | 49% | 21.9 | −0.12 | |
| 2014 12 g | 27 of 115 23% | 31% | 54% | 25.0 | −0.14 | |
| 2015 12 g | 16 of 108 15% | 18% | 54% | 24.9 | −0.08 | |
| All 37 g | 55 of 330 17% | 25% | 52% | 23.9 | −0.12 |
His seasons as a head coach from 2004 on, from ESPN’s play by play: fourth downs where he went for it out of every fourth-down decision; how often he went when SportsDataverse’s fourth-down model said going for it was the better call; the share of his offense’s plays that were passes; seconds of game clock per offensive play (lower is faster); and expected points added per offensive play (EPA, a measure of how much each play moved the offense toward points). The season in progress counts its games so far. SportsDataverse’s coach tendencies, from ESPN’s play by play; the EPA and the fourth-down model are SportsDataverse’s.