| Title: | Assistant Coach / Tight Ends |
In a short time, Mark Johnson has worked his way up from a student assistant to a full-fledged member of the Tennessee Tech football coaching staff, joining Dewayne Alexander’s offensive staff as the Golden Eagles’ tight ends coach.
A December 2021 graduate from Ohio University with a degree in sport management, Johnson worked with the Golden Eagles as a student assistant during the COVID-19 pandemic, helping oversee quality control on the offensive line.
In that endeavor, Johnson helped put together offensive scouting reports, practice scripts, breaking down fronts, blitzes and coverages and coordinated the defensive scout team. Johnson assisted in recruiting, grading the offensive line gameday performance and setting up drills.
In January 2022, Johnson served as a volunteer assistant, taking on the quarterback quality control post as he helped set up drills, met with players on academic progress reports, evaluated and called transfer portal prospects, worked with daily installs and assisted OC Wesley Satterfield in drills and skill development.
Only a few short months later, Johnson was offered an offensive graduate assistant position with the Golden Eagles as he continued those daily takes, while adding on work with the offensive and special team scout units, work with the tight ends during spring practice and assistance with on-campus recruiting.
