# Ellis T. Johnson

Ellis T. Johnson (August 8, 1910 – August 5, 1990) was an American football, basketball, baseball, and track and field player and coach. He was a four-sport letter-winner at the University of Kentucky, playing basketball, football, baseball, and track and field. In 1933 he became Adolph Rupp's first All-American at Kentucky.
Johnson was the head coach of Morehead State University men's basketball, football, baseball, and track. He is Morehead's all-time winningest coach in football, with a 54–44–10 mark, and in basketball, where his teams went 176–158. Johnson also served as men's basketball head coach at Marshall University.

## Head coaching record
### Football

| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing |
| Morehead State Eagles (Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association) (1936–1941) |||||
| 1936 | Morehead State | 4–1–2 | 4–1–2 | 10th |
| 1937 | Morehead State | 7–1 | 4–1 | 7th |
| 1938 | Morehead State | 5–1–1 | 2–1–1 | 13th |
| 1939 | Morehead State | 6–2 | 2–2 | 14th |
| 1940 | Morehead State | 3–2–2 | 1–1–2 | 17th |
| 1941 | Morehead State | 3–4 | 0–3 | 30th |
| Morehead State Eagles (Independent) (1942–1947) |||||
| 1942 | Morehead State | 4–1–2 | | |
| 1943 | No team—World War II | | | |
| 1944 | No team—World War II | | | |
| 1945 | No team—World War II | | | |
| 1946 | Morehead State | 6–1 | | |
| 1947 | Morehead State | 1–6–2 | | |
| Morehead State Eagles (Ohio Valley Conference) (1948–1952) |||||
| 1948 | Morehead State | 3–5 | 0–3 | 6th |
| 1949 | Morehead State | 6–3 | 3–3 | 4th |
| 1950 | Morehead State | 4–4 | 3–3 | 4th |
| 1951 | Morehead State | 1–7 | 0–6 | 7th |
| 1952 | Morehead State | 1–6–1 | 0–4–1 | 6th |
| Morehead State: | Morehead State: | 54–44–10 | 19–28–6 | |
| Total: | Total: | 54–44–10 | | |

### Basketball

Statistics overview :
| Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason |
| Morehead State Eagles (Kentucky Intercollegiate Athletic Conference) (1936–1943) ||||||
| 1936–37 | Morehead State | 14–3 | | | |
| 1937–38 | Morehead State | 6–11 | | | |
| 1938–39 | Morehead State | 16–8 | | | |
| 1939–40 | Morehead State | 7–14 | | | |
| 1940–41 | Morehead State | 11–7 | | | |
| 1941–42 | Morehead State | 12–10 | | | |
| 1942–43 | Morehead State | 12–7 | | | |
| Morehead State Eagles (Kentucky Intercollegiate Athletic Conference) (1945–1948) ||||||
| 1945–46 | Morehead State | 13–8 | | | |
| 1946–47 | Morehead State | 11–16 | | | |
| 1947–48 | Morehead State | 10–17 | | | |
| Morehead State Eagles (Ohio Valley Conference) (1948–1953) ||||||
| 1948–49 | Morehead State | 14–9 | 2–7 | 7th | |
| 1940–50 | Morehead State | 12–10 | 5–6 | 4th | |
| 1950–51 | Morehead State | 14–12 | 4–7 | 5th | |
| 1951–52 | Morehead State | 11–14 | 3–9 | 5th | |
| 1952–53 | Morehead State | 13–12 | 3–7 | T–4th | |
| Morehead State: | Morehead State: | 176–158 (.527) | | | |
| Marshall Thundering Herd (Mid-American Conference) (1963–1969) ||||||
| 1963–64 | Marshall | 6–17 | 1–11 | 7th | |
| 1964–65 | Marshall | 4–20 | 1–11 | 7th | |
| 1965–66 | Marshall | 12–12 | 4–8 | T–5th | |
| 1966–67 | Marshall | 20–8 | 10–2 | 2nd | NIT Fourth Place |
| 1967–68 | Marshall | 17–8 | 9–3 | 2nd | NIT First Round |
| 1968–69 | Marshall | 9–15 | 3–9 | T–6th | |
| Marshall: | Marshall: | 68–80 (.459) | 28–44 (.389) | | |
| Total: | Total: | 244–238 (.506) | | | |