July 30, 2007
NORMAL, Ill. -
The night before his players report to begin training camp, Illinois State head coach Denver Johnson is in Chicago Monday to be honored by the All-American Football Foundation.
Johnson is one of four coaches to receive the prestigious Johnny Vaught Head Coach Award. Johnson led the Redbirds to their third trip to the NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) playoffs in 2006, while also being a finalist for the Eddie Robinson Coach of the Year Award last season.
Joining Johnson as Vaught honorees are Illinois' Ron Zook, former Wisconsin-Whitewater head coach Bob Berezowitz and the late Bo Schembechler of Michigan.
The "Banquet of Champions" is being held at the Hyatt Regency River Walk Hotel in Chicago.
