THE JAY JOHNSON FILE
Hometown: Lakeville
Age: 46
Family: Wife, Lori; son, Cole
College: Played quarterback at Northern Iowa
Academics: He earned President's Academic Excellence honors and held a perfect 4.0 GPA while completing his master's degree at Missouri.
Coaching timeline
1993: Columbia-Hickman High School (Mo.) assistant coach
1994: Missouri graduate assistant
1995: Augsburg offensive coordinator, recruiting coordinator
1995-97: Truman State offensive coordinator
1997-03: Kansas grad assistant, QB coach, RB coach
2003-07: Southern Mississippi TE coach, RB coach, offensive coordinator
2008-09: Louisville administrative assistant, TE coach
2010: Central Michigan QB coach
2011-15: La-Lafayette offensive coordinator and QB coach
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