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Ellis Johnson Accepts Offer at South Carolina

Ellis Johnson has accepted the Defensive Coordinator position from Steve Spurrier at the University of South Carolina.  Johnson was named to the same position at Arkansas a few weeks earlier, but Johnson was looking to return to his home state.  Johnson was raised in the state & began his coaching in the high school, colleges, & universities of South Carolina.  Johnson was the head coach at The Citadel & Gardner-Webb, and was the defensive coordinator at Mississippi State, Alabama, Clemson, Southern Miss, and Appalachian State.