Johnny Nansen
Co-Defensive Coordinator at Texas since 2026.
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- Seasons coached
- 28
- First season
- 1998
- Teams
- 10
Career
16 stints
1990s
- 1998Cabrillo HS (CA)dc
- 1999LouisvilleGraduate Assistant
2000s
- 2000Montana StateRunning Backs
- 2001–2002Idaho StateCornerbacks
- 2003Idaho StateDefensive Backs
- 2004–2008IdahoSpecial Teams CoordinatorDefensive LineLinebackers
- 2009–2012WashingtonSpecial Teams CoordinatorDefensive Line
2010s
- 2012–2013WashingtonAssistant Head CoachSpecial Teams CoordinatorRunning Backs
- 2013WashingtonAssistant Head CoachSpecial Teams CoordinatorRunning Backs
- 2014–2015USCSpecial Teams CoordinatorAssistant Head CoachRunning Backs
- 2016–2018USCAssistant Head CoachLinebackersOutside LinebackersRecruiting Coordinator
- 2019USCDefensive Run Game CoordinatorInside Linebackers
2020s
Coaching tree
11 mentors, 0 protégés, 0 branches — a branch is a protégé who went on to hold a head job.
Mentors
Became a head coachShowing up to 7 per row
Relationships
Coached under
14
- 2026Steve SarkisianCoached under · Texas
- 2024Steve SarkisianCoached under · Texas
- 2022–2023Jedd FischCoached under · Arizona
- 2020–2021Chip KellyCoached under · UCLA
- 2015–2019Clay HeltonCoached under · USC
- 2014Steve SarkisianCoached under · USC
- 2013Marques TuiasosopoCoached under · Washington
- 2009–2013Steve SarkisianCoached under · Washington
- 2007–2008Robb AkeyCoached under · Idaho
- 2006Dennis EricksonCoached under · Idaho
- 2004–2005Nick HoltCoached under · Idaho
- 2002Nick WhitworthCoached under · Idaho State
- 2001–2003Larry LewisCoached under · Idaho State
- 1999John SmithCoached under · Louisville
Succeeded
9
- 2024Duane AkinaSucceeded by · Arizona
- 2024Jeff ChoateSucceeded · Texas
- 2022Chad Kauha'aha'aSucceeded by · UCLA
- 2022Don BrownSucceeded · Arizona
- 2020Vince OghobaaseSucceeded · UCLA
- 2016John BaxterSucceeded by · USC
- 2014Bob GregorySucceeded by · Washington
- 2013Jeff ChoateSucceeded by · Washington
- 2001Joe LorigSucceeded · Idaho State
Tenure
28 seasons
- USCCoordinator · 2014–20196
- WashingtonCoordinator · 2009–20135
- IdahoCoordinator · 2004–20085
- Idaho StatePosition coach · 2001–20033
- TexasCoordinator · 2024–2026 · current2
- ArizonaCoordinator · 2022–20232
- UCLAPosition coach · 2020–20212
- Montana StatePosition coach · 20001
- LouisvilleAnalyst · 19991
- Cabrillo HS (CA)Coordinator · 19981
Moves
Nothing on the wire for Johnny Nansen. The wire carries moves published since the register went live; the career above is the record before that.