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Jimmy Johnson is officially retiring from his longtime broadcasting career with FOX. The former college football and NFL head coach revealed his decision during a Monday appearance on “The Herd with Colin Cowherd.”
The former head coach and longtime analyst reflected fondly on his time with the network which spans over 30 years of coverage:
“As you know, probably the most fun I ever had in my career, and that’s counting Super Bowls and national championships, was at FOX Sports,” said Johnson. “I had an absolute ball with my friends on the set, and the best friends I ever had there with FOX.
“…I’ve made an extremely difficult decision. I’ve been thinking about it for the last 4 or 5 years, and I’ve decided to retire from FOX. And I’m going to miss it… it has been a great run starting back 31 years ago.”
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Johnson was a longtime staple of “FOX NFL Sunday,” previewing games and reviewing highlights during halftime and in postgame. Johnson’s immediate future became a topic of conversation after FOX used an AI Jimmy Johnson to chronicle the broadcaster’s longtime career in football ahead of the Super Bowl, beginning with his playing days at Arkansas.
After wrapping up his playing days with the Razorbacks, Johnson immediately got into coaching as an assistant at Louisiana Tech. He would eventually rise to prominence through assistant coaching stops at Oklahoma, Arkansas and Pittsburgh before his first head coaching job at Oklahoma State in 1979.
Johnson was then hired to revamp Miami in 1984, and he turned the Hurricanes into a national power, winning the national title in 1987 and leading Vinny Testaverde to the Heisman Trophy in 1986. But Johnson would not stick around after 1988, being hired by Dallas Cowboys owner and fellow Arkansas alum Jerry Jones.
Johnson would go on to win back-to-back Super Bowls in 1992 and 1993 but would split from the franchise in a mutual decision with Jones after 1993. Jimmy Johnson is a member of the Pro Football and College Football Hall of Fames.
Paul Harvey lives in Atlanta and covers SEC football.
