caption player_team death_date death_place coach_years birth_place player_positions overall_record player_years coach_team coach_sport cfbdwid sport birth_date player_sport image article_title name
johnson ecu yearbook pictured in '' the tecoan 1947 '' , east carolina 27 november 2004 virginia beach , virginia 1946 -- 1948 cary , north carolina tackle -lrb- football -rrb- 8 -- 18 -- 1 -lrb- football -rrb- 1933 -- 1937 east carolina football 1193 football , basketball , baseball 10 september 1912 football jim johnson - ecu.jpg jim johnson -lrb- coach -rrb-
 jim johnson
jim johnson -lrb- coach -rrb-

james a. `` jim '' johnson -lrb- september 10 , 1912 -- november 27 , 2004 -rrb- was an american football , basketball , and baseball player , coach , and college athletics administrator .
he was tapped to reintroduce men 's sports to east carolina after world war ii .
he was the seventh head coach of the football , basketball and baseball teams at east carolina teachers college .
he also was the athletic director for all sports teams .
before coaching , johnson was a 16 letter winning athlete between 1933 to 1937 .
johnson was inducted in 1978 into the ecu hall of fame .
