Vannette William Johnson (May 27, 1930 – May 12, 2022) was an American football and track coach and college athletics administrator.
Johnson played football at Dunbar High School in Little Rock, Arkansas and graduated in 1948.
He then played college football as a quarterback at Arkansas AM&N before he graduated in 1952 with a bachelor's degree in history and government.
Johnson began his coaching career as an assistant at Merrill High School in Pine Bluff, Arkansas in 1952.
In 1962 he was appointed as the school's head football coach and athletic director.