Dan Mullen brings Brian Johnson from Houston as quarterbacks coach

[Escambia94]

Dan Mullen will be adding former Utah quarterback, Houston offensive coordinator, and Mississippi State quarterback coach Brian Johnson to the offensive staff. Brian Johnson joins Billy Gonzales and John Hevesy as former Mullen assistants to join him in Gainesville.

Johnson threw for 7,853 yards and 57 touchdowns at Utah under Urban Meyer's former assistant, Kyle Whittingham, from 2004-08 and was featured on the cover of EA Sports' NCAA Football 2010 video game. He was the Sugar Bowl MVP in Utah's 31-17 win over Alabama in 2008.

After graduating, Johnson began his coaching career as a quarterbacks coach at his alma mater of Utah in 2010 before being promoted to offensive coordinator for the Utes from 2012-13. Johnson joined Mullen's staff at Mississippi State as quarterbacks coach in 2014 and staying three years on staff in Starkville before moving to Houston as offensive coordinator in 2017 and coaching the #38 offense in the nation. At MSU, Johnson helped develop Dak Prescott.

Coach Mullen has not specified which coaches will be in which positions, but it is assumed that Dan Mullen will call plays, with Billy Gonzales and John Hevesy as co-coordinators coaching wide receivers and offensive line respectively. Brian Johnson will likely be the quarterback coach.

 

[Leakfan12]

I remember that Sugar Bowl, it was great game.

 

[Leakfan12]

Highlights of the famous 2009 Sugar Bowl.

 

[DRU2012]

A great fit for us, I think. The trend towards vision and excellence continues.
2018 WILL be a "transitional" learn-and-grow year for the whole team, on field and sidelines, I think...Promising, definitely more exciting than we've been suffering thru last few years (save for those coupla last-minute pull-it-out wins early in '17--that in truth BOTH shoulda been EASY ones, btw), but prob won't be much better than a .500-plus or maybe a game better than that far as record--but it'll all pay big dividends shortly thereafter.
I think we'll SEE the progress in the course of next season, and begin to catch fire as it carries over beyond that. This could be a real fun ride (no matter WHO Mullin and co. have at QB--He adapts well to the skills of whomever he has, but if/when he gets "that guy" particularly well-suited to where he wants to eventually go, well, it'll all happen that much more quickly from there).