Coach Johnson moved to Brunswick County in July of 2018. During his 18 years in education he has served in many different capacities. Prior to coming to West Brunswick High School as a Social Studies teacher/Football coach, he was the Digital Learning Specialist at North Brunswick for six years. The previous 11 years in education were all at Avery Middle School in Newland, NC. While at Avery Middle, Coach Johnson taught all grade levels in Social Studies, coached five different sports and served as the Athletic Director for eight years. During his time in Avery County, Donnie was part of the District's 1:1 implementation of Apple products which included I-pads for grades K-5 and MacBooks for grades 6-12. Coach Johnson Is currently In his 19th season as a football coach, and 2nd season as an assistant on the Women's lacrosse team.