At only 24 years old, barely old enough to buy a beer legally, Brian Johnson was named the offensive coordinator at Utah in 2011. Now, before his third season in Gainesville, he’s been given the same title for Dan Mullen’s Florida Gators.
He is also the first African American offensive coordinator in Florida football history, a fact that may have been overlooked by Johnson, but certainly not unappreciated.
“It does make you proud if that is the case,” Johnson said. “I haven’t looked that up, so I’m not sure. But it’s definitely something to be proud of, for sure.