Ellis T. Johnson (August 8, 1910 â August 5, 1990) was an American football, basketball, baseball, and track and field player and coach. He was a four-sport letter-winner at the University of Kentucky, playing basketball, football, baseball, and track and field. In 1933 he became Adolph Rupp's first All-American at Kentucky.
Johnson was the head coach of Morehead State University men's basketball, football, baseball, and track. He is Morehead's all-time winningest coach in football, with a 54âÂÂ44âÂÂ10 mark, and in basketball, where his teams went 176âÂÂ158. Johnson also served as men's basketball head coach at Marshall University.