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Senate
Resolution 32
By:
Senators Rogers of the 21st and Grant of the 25th
A
RESOLUTION
Commending
Georgia Tech head football coach Paul Johnson on being named the Atlantic Coast
Conference Coach of the Year; and for other purposes.
WHEREAS,
on December 7, 2007, Paul Johnson was named the 12th head football coach in the
history of the Georgia Institute of Technology; and
WHEREAS,
Coach Johnson inherited one of the youngest teams in the nation with 76 freshmen
and sophomores, a squad with young players at almost every position;
and
WHEREAS,
Sports
Illustrated projected Coach Johnson' s
first Yellow Jacket team to win just three games in 2008, and many pundits
questioned whether Coach Johnson's option based spread offense would work at the
college level; and
WHEREAS,
Coach Johnson instilled a new level of toughness, discipline, and accountability
in his team and insisted that his players represent the Georgia Institute of
Technology in a positive manner; and
WHEREAS,
Georgia Tech surprised all the aforementioned critics by winning nine games in
2008, earning a share of the Atlantic Coast Conference Coastal Division title,
achieving a ranking of #14 in the final Bowl Championship Series poll, and
winning an invitation to the Chick-fil-A Bowl Game in Atlanta, Georgia;
and
WHEREAS,
Coach Johnson was named the National Coach of the Year by CBS Sportsline;
and
WHEREAS,
Coach Paul Johnson won more games than any first-year coach in the history of
Georgia Tech football and is the school's first ACC Football Coach of the Year
since 2000.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE that the members of this body commend Coach Paul Johnson on earning the title of Atlantic Coast Conference Coach of the Year and heartily congratulate him on his outstanding accomplishments and contributions to Georgia Tech and the State of Georgia.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE that the members of this body commend Coach Paul Johnson on earning the title of Atlantic Coast Conference Coach of the Year and heartily congratulate him on his outstanding accomplishments and contributions to Georgia Tech and the State of Georgia.
BE
IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Secretary of the Senate is authorized and directed
to transmit an appropriate copy of this resolution to Coach Paul Johnson.