R. C. Johnson

Robert Carroll Johnson is an American former college football coach and athletics administrator. He served as the athletic director at Eastern Illinois University (1980–1988), Miami University (1989–1994), Temple University (1994–1995), and the University of Memphis (1996–2012).^[1][2][3]

R. C. Johnson

Biographical details
Born	Ottawa, Illinois, U.S.
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1963–1964	Iowa (assistant)
1965–1966	Northern Iowa (assistant)
1967–1968	Youngstown State (assistant)
1969–1973	Mankato State (assistant)
Administrative career (AD unless noted)
1974–1980	Northern Iowa (associate AD)
1980–1988	Eastern Illinois
1989–1994	Miami (OH)
1994–1995	Temple
1996–2012	Memphis

In November 2009, Johnson contract with Memphis was extended to run through June 2013.^[4] In November 2011, Johnson announced his plans to leave the athletic director's position on June 30, 2012. He will be paid beyond that date as per his contract extension.