Jerry C. Johnson (June 20, 1918[1][2] – January 24, 2021) was an American college basketball head coach.
[3] As a guard, he played basketball at Wiley College and later earned his undergraduate degree from Fayetteville State University.
[4] Johnson learned the game of basketball from John McLendon, who was a student of James Naismith.
[3] From 1947 to 1951, Johnson was a basketball and football coach at Ridgeview High School in North Carolina.
[8] In his 46-year stint as head coach of the team, Johnson recorded 821 wins, guided the team to five championship titles in the Volunteer State Athletic Conference (VSAC), and another five in the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SIAC).