NDSU

Will Johnson was named cornerbacks coach at North Dakota State University in January 2024 and was part of a Missouri Valley Football Conference championship and NCAA Division I FCS national title in his first year with the Bison.
 
Johnson came to NDSU after four seasons at the FBS level as a graduate assistant on the defensive staffs at Southern California and Oklahoma.
 
He worked at USC in 2022 and 2023 under head coach Lincoln Riley assisting with meetings and drills for defensive backs, film breakdown, scout team and special teams.
 
In a similar role under Riley at Oklahoma in 2020 and 2021, Johnson was part of a defensive staff that included former NDSU defensive ends coach Jamar Cain.
 
Originally from Baltimore, Johnson was a defensive back for three seasons at Oklahoma from 2015 to 2017. He went to NFL camps with the New York Jets and Philadelphia Eagles in 2018.
 
Johnson graduated from Oklahoma in 2017 with a bachelor’s degree in communications and he earned a master’s degree in organizational leadership at Oklahoma in 2021.
 
Will Johnson Year-By-Year Coaching History

Year	School	Position
2020	Oklahoma	Graduate Assistant – Defense
2021	Oklahoma	Graduate Assistant – Defense
2022	Southern California	Graduate Assistant – Defense
2023	Southern California	Graduate Assistant – Defense
2024	North Dakota State	Cornerbacks