Bobby Johnson (American football coach)

Johnson began his coaching career at Akron as a graduate assistant in 1995. He was promoted to defensive line coach in 1997. In 1999 he returned to his alma mater where he coached the tight ends until 2003. In 2004 he transitioned to offensive line coach. Johnson was hired in 2005 by Indiana, working as the team’s offensive line coach through the 2009 season.^[2]

Johnson’s first NFL coaching position was with the Buffalo Bills as the assistant offensive line coach from 2010-2011. In 2012, he worked as the Jacksonville Jaguars tight ends coach for one season. In 2013, he was hired as the Detroit Lions tight ends coach^[3] and in 2014^[4] he was moved to the assistant offensive line coach position. In 2015, he joined the Oakland Raiders as tight ends coach.^[5][6] He spent three seasons in this role, but was not retained after head coach Jack Del Rio was fired after the 2017 season. In January 2018, Johnson was the head coach of the West team in the 2018 East–West Shrine Game. Following that, he was hired as the assistant offensive line coach for the Indianapolis Colts in 2018.^[7]

Between 2019^[8] and 2021, Johnson was the offensive line coach for the Buffalo Bills.^[9]

In 2022, he followed Brian Daboll to New York and became the Giants offensive line coach.^[10] He was fired after the 2023 season, where the Giants offensive line gave up a league leading 85 sacks, the second most in NFL history.^[11]

On February 15, 2024, Johnson was hired by the Washington Commanders as their offensive line coach under head coach Dan Quinn.^[12] He was fired following the 2025 season on January 6, 2026.^[13]

On February 7, 2026, it was reported that Johnson would become the new Assistant offensive line coach for the Cleveland Browns.^[14]