HIGH PROFILE: Little Rock native Johnny Johnson retired after a successful career in sports

First he was the winningest basketball coach ever at the University of the Ozarks and then as athletic director for LRSD and Russellville

August 4, 2024 at 3:03 a.m.

by Sean Clancy

Johnny Johnson on 07/16/2024 at Little Rock Central High School's Quigley Stadium for High Profile cover story. (Arkansas Democrat-Gazette/Cary Jenkins)
Johnny Johnson on 07/16/2024 at Little Rock Central High School's Quigley Stadium for High Profile cover story. (Arkansas Democrat-Gazette/Cary Jenkins)


Mickey DuVall remembers the first time he saw Johnny Johnson. It was in the early '90s and DuVall was a student at Arkansas Tech University at Russellville and working as an assistant to the school's sports information director.

Johnson,

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