Kevin Johns
	Position: Assistant Offensive Coordinator/QB & WR

Coach Johns Bio

• Kevin Johns is in his second season at Indiana. Johns will serve as the assistant offensive coordinator and coach the wide receivers and quarterbacks in 2012.

• Oversaw one of the youngest receiving corps in the country, with six underclassmen accounting for 110 receptions, 1,385 yards and eight touchdowns in 2011.

• Five of his receivers bested 200 yards, led by sophomore Kofi Hughes, who collected 536 yards with 35 receptions.

• Named the top wide receivers coach in the Big Ten on March 2, 2011, by Rivals.com. Spent the 2004-10 seasons at Northwestern University, including the last five as wide receivers coach.

• Oversaw NU's running backs in 2004 and 2005 and was appointed the program's recruiting coordinator in July of 2006, a position he held until January of 2008 when he assumed the role of passing game coordinator.

• Coached Jeremy Ebert, who collected 2010 first team All-Big Ten honors. He wrapped up the season with a conference-best 73.3 receiving yards per game.

• Ebert tied for fifth on NU's single-season receiving TDs list (eight), ninth on the single-season receptions list (62) and fourth on the single-season yardage list (953).

• Second team All-Big Ten honoree Zeke Markshausen (91 receptions, 7.0 per game) ranked second in the Big Ten and 13th in the nation in catches per game in 2009. Andrew Brewer tied for second in NU single-season history with nine touchdown catches. The 2009 Wildcats ranked first in the Big Ten and 13th nationally in passing offense.

• Eric Peterman, along with Ross Lane, both closed their careers with 2,000-plus receiving yards and rank in the top 10 at NU in catches, receiving yards and touchdowns.

• In 2007, Peterman earned a Rivals.com All-Big Ten nod after leading the squad with 66 catches for 744 yards, the seventh-best single-season receptions total in NU lore. For the first time in school history, four players finished the year with 45 or more receptions.

• Tutored All-Big Ten (honorable mention) wide receiver Shaun Herbert in 2006. Herbert ended his career fourth on NU's all-time receptions list with 168.

• As running backs coach, mentored Noah Herron, who earned second team All-Big Ten honors, and Tyrell Sutton, the 2005 Big Ten Freshman of the Year and the 2005 Sporting News National Offensive Freshman of the Year.

• Herron was the nation's 14th-leading rusher (115.1 ypg) and a Senior Bowl invitee in 2004. He was later drafted by the Pittsburgh Steelers. Sutton recorded the eighth-best rushing season in the country (122.8).

• NU's offensive graduate assistant for three seasons from 1999-01 under Indiana head coach Kevin Wilson, who served as the Wildcats' offensive coordinator.

• Worked as the University of Richmond's receivers coach for the 2002 and 2003 seasons.

• In his two-year stint as a starting quarterback at the University of Dayton, Johns recorded a 20-1 record and was named a Division I-AA All-American.

• Graduated from Dayton with a bachelor of science degree in mathematics in 1998. In August 2001, he received his master's degree from Northwestern's School of Education and Social Policy program.

• Kevin and his wife, Krista, have twin sons, Logan and Tyler (7), and a third son, Carter (5).