Georgia Tech football coach Paul Johnson averaged seven wins a season from 2010 to 2013, and his Yellow Jackets were predicted for more of the same last autumn.
Pegged fifth in the Atlantic Coast Conference’s seven-team Coastal Division, Georgia Tech finished first and nearly knocked off Florida State in the league championship game. The Yellow Jackets defeated Georgia for just the second time in 14 seasons and capped an 11-3 year by racing past Mississippi State in the Orange Bowl.
Johnson was a guest Wednesday afternoon on “Press Row” on ESPN 105.1 FM.
Q: You had a lot to celebrate last year, but was there any personal vindication?
A: “I wasn’t worried about what people who’ve never played or coached were writing. My feeling on that was there was a body of work there, and I’ve always felt that if there was somebody better to do a job that they ought to go get him.