Chad Johnson - Director of Player Personnel and High School Relations - Staff Directory

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Chad Johnson

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Director of Player Personnel and High School Relations
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Chad Johnson joined Scott Abell’s staff in the spring of 2025 as the Owls’ Director of Player Personnel and High School Relations after directing UTEP’s recruiting efforts in Texas over the previous two years.

Johnson’s efforts at UTEP produced the two highest-ranked recruiting classes in Miners’ history, which were each ranked as the top classes in Conference USA, and featured seven of the 10 highest-rated recruits to ever sign with UTEP. His 2025 class was tabbed by 247 Sports as the #5 class in the Group of Five.

Prior to joining the Miners, he compiled an extensive high school coaching career in the state of Texas over the last two decades, assisting over 150 football players in securing college scholarship opportunities, while developing 33 defensive linemen into college football players.

Johnson most recently coached at Willis High School (6A) as the recruiting coordinator and defensive line coach from 2022 to 2023. Prior to that, he served as the assistant head coach, recruiting coordinator, and defensive line coach at Spring High School (6A) from 2010-2022. Spring’s 2014 squad was named Dave Campbell’s Texas Football U.S. Army 6A Team of the Year.

He was the defensive line coach and track discus coach at Kingwood Park High School (5A) during the 2009-10 season. He worked at Dekaney High School (6A) in 2008-09, while he began his varsity coaching career at Willis during the 2007-08 season as the program’s academic coordinator, varsity defensive line coach, and discus coach.

His teams won 76 percent of their games over his last 10 years, including school record win totals at Spring (11 in 2015) and Willis (12 in 2023).

Johnson was the boys’ athletic coordinator at Santa Fe Junior High School in Santa Fe, Texas, in 2006-07. Johnson started his coaching career at Alvin Junior High in Alvin, Texas, as the head boys basketball coach, head boys and girls swim coach, assistant defensive football coach, and assistant track coach (2000-2006).

A native of Raymond, Iowa, Johnson received his Bachelor of Science in Secondary Education from Upper Iowa University in 2000. He followed with a Master of Science in Sports Management from Nova Southeastern University in 2005.