Joel Johnson earned his 300th baseball coaching victory when Chattanooga Christian School beat Notre Dame this week.
“It made me realize I’d been doing this a long time,” he said.
A former college coach, Johnson is in his third year as head coach of the Chargers. He served as an assistant to John Visser for six seasons at CCS, and it was Visser’s decision to hand the program over.
“In the professional ranks, they’d call him a player’s coach,” Visser said. “He has some of that laid-back disposition, which has been a real value. I thought it was a natural hire. He knows the game and has a passion for it.”
Prior to joining the Chargers, Johnson coached at nearby Bryan College, at Crown College in Minnesota and at Toccoa Falls, a private Christian college in northeast Georgia. He averaged 17 victories in five seasons spent rebuilding Bryan’s program, and he considers a win with the Lions one of his favorites.