Johnson received his most recent coaching honor from the Kentucky Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (KIAC) as the Region XII competition as his 2000 Berea Men's Cross Country team won the conference title and ended the regular season with a 61-21 record.

All but two of Johnson's Coach of the Year honors are in men's track and cross country and women's cross country. He won coaching honors twice for swimming and received his first coaching recognition in 1981.

Since joining Berea in 1979, Johnson also has produced 28 All-Americans (includes six honorable mentions) in track and cross country.