March 12, 2026
By Keegan Pope, On3:
One of the titans of California high school football died early Wednesday morning, with news breaking that former El Toro and Mission Viejo coach Bob Johnson had passed at the age of 80.
Johnson had been enduring a battle with Alzheimer’s disease.
The Hall of Famer had retired in 2017 after winning six CIF-Southern Section titles at Mission Viejo and three at El Toro. In the process, he became one of the five-winningest head coaches in state history while winning 342 games. Those victories also made him the second-winningest coach in Orange County’s illustrious history, and his teams lost just 95 total games over a career that spanned five decades.
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