Kevin Johns
American football player and coach (born 1975)
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Kevin Johns (born December 4, 1975) is an American football coach who is the quarterbacks coach at Mississippi State University. Previously, Johns served as an offensive coordinator at Duke University, Indiana University Bloomington, Western Michigan University, Texas Tech University, and the University of Memphis.
| Current position | |
|---|---|
| Title | Quarterbacks coach |
| Team | Mississippi State |
| Conference | SEC |
| Biographical details | |
| Born | December 4, 1975 Piqua, Ohio, U.S. |
| Playing career | |
| 1994–1997 | Dayton |
| Position | Quarterback |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1998 | Piqua HS (OH) (assistant) |
| 1999–2001 | Northwestern (GA) |
| 2002–2003 | Richmond (WR) |
| 2004–2005 | Northwestern (RB) |
| 2006–2007 | Northwestern (WR/RC) |
| 2008–2010 | Northwestern (WR/PGC) |
| 2011 | Indiana (co-OC/WR) |
| 2012–2013 | Indiana (co-OC/QB/WR) |
| 2014–2016 | Indiana (OC/QB/WR) |
| 2017 | Western Michigan (OC/QB) |
| 2018 | Texas Tech (OC/WR) |
| 2019–2021 | Memphis (OC/QB) |
| 2022–2023 | Duke (OC/QB) |
| 2024 | Oklahoma (OA) |
| 2024 | Oklahoma (interim co-OC/QB) |
| 2025 | Oklahoma State (QB) |
| 2026-Present | Mississippi State (QB) |
Career
Early coaching career
Johns graduated from the University of Dayton, where he played quarterback for Flyers. He was an assistant coach for seven seasons at Northwestern under head coaches Randy Walker and Pat Fitzgerald, as well as two seasons at FCS Richmond.
Indiana
In 2011, he accepted the co-offensive coordinator position at Indiana under new head coach Kevin Wilson.[1] From 2014 to 2016, Johns served as the offensive coordinator for the Hoosiers.[2]
Western Michigan
In 2017, Johns joined the staff of Tim Lester as offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach for the Western Michigan Broncos football team.[3]
Texas Tech
In 2018, Johns joined the staff of Kliff Kingsbury as offensive coordinator and receivers coach at Texas Tech University. At the conclusion of the 2018 season Kingsbury and his coaching staff, including Johns, was fired by Texas Tech.
Memphis
In 2019, Johns became the offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach at the University of Memphis.
Duke
On January 5, 2022, Johns joined Mike Elko's inaugural staff at Duke as the offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach.[4] Following the departure of Elko at the conclusion of the 2023 season, Johns was not retained by new head coach Manny Diaz.
Personal
Johns received his bachelor's degree in mathematics from the University of Dayton in 1998. He then received a master's degree from Northwestern University in 2001. Johns and his wife, Krista, have three sons.
