Jimmy Johnson Head Coach of Hurricanes...

July 16, 1943 - Port Arthur, Texas - Jimmy Johnson, the head coach of the national champion University of Miami Hurricanes and the Super Bowl Champion Dallas Cowboys, was born. 

Johnson got his first head coaching stint in 1979 with the Oklahoma State football team and stayed there until the Hurricanes hired him in 1984. He was unsure if he wanted to leave Stillwater or not, especially filling the shoes of former Miami coach Howard Schnellenberger, who had won Miami's first national championship in 1983 nd then left for a job in the USFL. He brought the 4-3 defense to the Canes and an atmosphere that encouraged the players to showboat at times. By the 1986 season, Miami was undefeated but was upset by number 2 Penn State in the Orange Bowl. The Hurricanes went undefeated in the regular season yet again in 1987, and won the school's second national title by defeating Oklahoma.

A year or so later, Jimmy was hired by the struggling Dallas Cowboys in 1989. It wasn't pretty at first, but soon he started putting the pieces together on a great team. Some draft picks and a blockbuster trade that included star runner Herschel Walker and the Boys had the stamp of Jimmy Johnson. He served five seasons with the Cowboys and guided the team to two Super Bowl championships. Johnson also coached the Miami Dolphins for four seasons and led the club to the playoffs in all but his first year on the job.

He was enshrined in the Pro Football Hall of Fame as a Coach in the class of 2020.