Johnson comes to Chicago after leading one of the league’s most prolific offenses. Over the past two seasons, no unit has averaged more points per game (30.1) or net yards per game (402.2) than Johnson’s offensive unit with the Detroit Lions. In each of his three seasons coordinating Detroit’s offense, Johnson’s group finished in the top five in total offense, including second in 2024. Last season, Johnson’s leadership propelled the Lions averaging 409.5 yards per game offensively, a franchise record, as his unit’s 68 total offensive touchdowns were the most of any team in the NFL.
Johnson spent six seasons in total with the Lions, starting in 2019 as part of offensive quality control. In 2021, Johnson added coordinator responsibilities mid-season, earning the full-time offensive coordinator position for the 2022 season, the same season Detroit won eight of its last 10 matchups to close out the year. A season later, Johnson’s group finished No. 3 in the NFL in total offense (394.8) and No. 2 in passing offense (258.9), finishing the season in the NFC Championship Game and runner-up for AP NFL Assistant Coach of the Year. .
Prior to Detroit, Johnson served seven seasons on the staff of the Miami Dolphins, working under three different head coaches. During his seven years at Miami, Johnson worked as an offensive assistant (2012), assistant quarterbacks coach (2013-15), tight ends coach (2015), assistant wide receivers coach (2016-17) and wide receivers coach. wide receivers (2018). ). Johnson entered the coaching ranks as a graduate assistant at Boston College (2009-10), spending three years in Chestnut Hill, including the 2011 season as tight ends coach.
The Fairview, North Carolina, native was a quarterback at the University of North Carolina, where he earned degrees in mathematics and computer science. Johnson and his wife, Jessica, have three children: Emory, Kennedy and Halle.
