Life after wrestling has gone well for Mark Johnson. The winningest coach in Illinois history has been the CEO of the Champaign County YMCA since 2009. Staff writer Bob Asmussen sat down with Johnson in his Field Drive office:
First question for all of our Sunday Conversation guests: Do you want to be Illinois AD?
No. I’m happy in what I’m doing.
What do you think about what’s going on at your old school?
The whole university is out of whack. It seems like we’re in a struggling period right now. I didn’t go to Illinois.