David Johnson helped launch the Blinn College men’s and women’s golf programs in 2019.

In its inaugural season, the women’s golf team was ranked 12th in the nation and the men’s golf team was ranked 16th in the nation when the 2019-20 season was cancelled due to COVID-19.

John Baker claimed Blinn’s first individual win at the University of Houston-Victoria Fall Classic and the Blinn White Team led the Buccaneers to their first team win at the Tyler Junior College Spring Invitational.

Madison Davis claimed Blinn’s first individual win on the women’s side at the Tyler Junior College Spring Invitational.

In the spring of 2022, the Buccaneer men’s team won the Region XIV conference title, while Van Miller, Cameron Gray, Hunter McDonough, and Carson Wray earned all-region honors. The Blinn men also won three tournaments during the fall 2021 and spring 2022 seasons.

Also in 2022, the Blinn women’s team sent freshman Holly Paterson to the NJCAA Division I Women’s Golf Championship tournament, where she placed 39th out of 92 competitors.

Johnson came to Blinn with more than 30 years of collegiate coaching experience. Prior to Blinn, Johnson spent the 2018-19 season coaching men's golf at NCAA Division II Cameron University, where the Aggies placed fourth at the Lone Star Conference Championship. The majority of Johnson's career has been spent coaching two-year college athletic programs. He spent 11 seasons as the men's golf coach at Paris Junior College, including one as athletic director.

Under Johnson’s guidance, the Dragons made five NJCAA National Tournament appearances, won two NJCAA Region XIV Conference championships, and finished as runner-up in five NJCAA Region XIV Conference tournaments. He coached four NJCAA All-Americans, three Region XIV medalists, 16 NJCAA All-Region XIV players, and seven All-Region XIV academic team members.

Johnson currently serves as the secretary for the NJCAA Men's Golf Association, a position he also held for two years while at Paris. He has served as an NJCAA All-America nomination committee member and was a voting member for the Golf Week Magazine NJCAA poll and for the NJCAA national poll. He also was a member of the Golf Coaches Association of America.

Prior to Paris, Johnson spent seven seasons as a coach for the Navarro College football team while teaching various courses, including golf.

Other tenures include coaching football and golf at Cisco Junior College and Howard Payne University and coaching football at Hardin-Simmons University. While at Howard Payne, he launched a new golf program.

Johnson earned his Bachelor of Science degree at Howard Payne University and his Master of Education from Tarleton State University.

Johnson and his wife, Amy, have two children, Bethany and Kacey. He has two grandchildren, Michael and Madilynn.