Earl Johnson (American football)

American football and basketball coach

Earl Johnson
Playing career
Football
1904–1905	Doane
1907–1908	Doane

Position(s)	Halfback
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football
1910–1912	Doane
1913–1917	Nebraska State Normal
Basketball
1913–1917	Nebraska State Normal

Head coaching record
Overall	24–29–5 (football) 26–23 (basketball)

Earl "Peanuts" Johnson was an American football and basketball coach. He served as the head football coach at Doane College from 1910 to 1912 and at Nebraska State Normal School—now known as Peru State College—from 1913 to 1917, compiling a career college football coaching record of 24–29–5. Johnson was also the head basketball coach at Nebraska State Normal from 1913 to 1918, tallying a mark of 26–23.

Coaching career

Johnson was the 13th head football coach at Doane College in Crete, Nebraska and he held that position for three seasons, from 1910 until 1912. His coaching record at Doane was 11–10–1.

References

Doane College coaching records Archived May 25, 2011, at the Wayback Machine

v t e Doane Tigers head football coaches
No coach (1890–1891) F. P. Reed (1892) Albert W. Jefferis (1893) John Lyman (1894) F. W. Sweeney (1895) No coach (1896) No team (1897–1898) S. L. Mains (1899–1900) Harold Hughs (1901) Joseph Pipal (1902) M. O. Smith (1903) John Fuhrer (1904–1907) R. L. Carns (1908) F. M. Clark (1909) Earl Johnson (1910–1912) Earnest Frank (1913) T. T. McConnell (1914) Paul J. Schissler (1915) Alger H. Wood (1916) No team (1917–1918) H. H. Johnston (1919–1922) H. J. Nossek (1923) Ward Haylett (1924–1927) Roy L. Pierce (1928–1932) A. Eugene Haylett (1933–1941) James L. Dutcher (1942–1951) Aubrey Givens (1952) Fran Nagle (1953–1954) Al Papik (1955–1970) Ray Best (1971–1975) Joe Glenn (1976–1979) Nathan Hinkle (1980) Brian Naber (1981–1983) Fran Schwenk (1984–2004) Tommie Frazier (2005–2006) Matt Franzen (2007–2017) Chris Bessler (2018–2023) Jonathan Johnson (2024– )

Doane Tigers head football coaches

No coach (1890–1891)
F. P. Reed (1892)
Albert W. Jefferis (1893)
John Lyman (1894)
F. W. Sweeney (1895)
No coach (1896)
No team (1897–1898)
S. L. Mains (1899–1900)
Harold Hughs (1901)
Joseph Pipal (1902)
M. O. Smith (1903)
John Fuhrer (1904–1907)
R. L. Carns (1908)
F. M. Clark (1909)
Earl Johnson (1910–1912)
Earnest Frank (1913)
T. T. McConnell (1914)
Paul J. Schissler (1915)
Alger H. Wood (1916)
No team (1917–1918)
H. H. Johnston (1919–1922)
H. J. Nossek (1923)
Ward Haylett (1924–1927)
Roy L. Pierce (1928–1932)
A. Eugene Haylett (1933–1941)
James L. Dutcher (1942–1951)
Aubrey Givens (1952)
Fran Nagle (1953–1954)
Al Papik (1955–1970)
Ray Best (1971–1975)
Joe Glenn (1976–1979)
Nathan Hinkle (1980)
Brian Naber (1981–1983)
Fran Schwenk (1984–2004)
Tommie Frazier (2005–2006)
Matt Franzen (2007–2017)
Chris Bessler (2018–2023)
Jonathan Johnson (2024– )

v t e Peru State Bobcats head football coaches
Unknown (1900) George N. Porter (1901) Unknown (1902–1905) Lewis D. Scherer (1906–1908) Elbert Burnett (1909) Alpha Brumage (1910) Ralph Thacker (1911–1912) Earl Johnson (1913–1917) No team (1918) W. G. Speer (1919–1922) Lon Graf (1923–1929) Glen Gilkeson (1930–1937) Alfred G. Wheeler (1938–1960) Jack McIntire (1961–1963) Erv Pitts (1964–1968) Joe Pelisek (1969–1971) Jack McIntire (1972–1973) Bob Riley (1974) Jerry Joy (1975–1982) Jay Adcox (1983–1985) Tom Shea (1986–1990) Lou Saban (1991) Monte Meadows (1992–1994) Dick Strittmatter (1995–2000) Ryan Held (2001) Terry Clark (2002–2011) Steve Schneider (2012–2019) Casey Creehan (2020–2021) Phil Ockinga (2022– )

Peru State Bobcats head football coaches

Unknown (1900)
George N. Porter (1901)
Unknown (1902–1905)
Lewis D. Scherer (1906–1908)
Elbert Burnett (1909)
Alpha Brumage (1910)
Ralph Thacker (1911–1912)
Earl Johnson (1913–1917)
No team (1918)
W. G. Speer (1919–1922)
Lon Graf (1923–1929)
Glen Gilkeson (1930–1937)
Alfred G. Wheeler (1938–1960)
Jack McIntire (1961–1963)
Erv Pitts (1964–1968)
Joe Pelisek (1969–1971)
Jack McIntire (1972–1973)
Bob Riley (1974)
Jerry Joy (1975–1982)
Jay Adcox (1983–1985)
Tom Shea (1986–1990)
Lou Saban (1991)
Monte Meadows (1992–1994)
Dick Strittmatter (1995–2000)
Ryan Held (2001)
Terry Clark (2002–2011)
Steve Schneider (2012–2019)
Casey Creehan (2020–2021)
Phil Ockinga (2022– )

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