Baylor

Luke Johnson is in his second year at Baylor in 2025 and his first as the assistant linebackers coach. 
 
Johnson joined the staff in May of 2024 and served as a defensive graduate assistant, before moving into the Quality Control role in Jan. of 2025. 
 
During his first season with the Bears, Johnson helped transform a defensive unit under head coach Dave Aranda into a thriving unit that helped spur a six-game winning streak to conclude the regular season, earning BU a berth in the Texas Bowl. 
 
His 2024 defensive unit was highlighted by the dynamic inside linebacker duo of Keaton Thomas and Matt Jones. The pair combined for 227 tackles, each earning first-team All-Big 12 Conference. They marked the first linebacker duo since 2011 to total over 100 tackles each in a season. 
 
Johnson previously worked as a defensive graduate assistant at Western Kentucky in 2023, which followed a season as the linebackers coach and special teams coordinator at the University of Sioux Falls in 2022. 
 
Johnson coached outside linebackers in 2021 at Wofford, a year after serving as a defensive quality control coach for the Terriers. 
 
During his 2023 season at WKU, he worked directly with the linebackers and Jamar Chaney, who is the inside linebackers coach at Baylor. He helped WKU total 26 turnovers, leading the conference and ranking No. 7 nationally. WKU had 11 fumble recoveries, ranking seventh nationally and its 15 interceptions ranked No. 15 in the NCAA. 
 
He played for four seasons at UW-Platteville, from 2016-19, where he was a four-year starter at cornerback, a 2019 team captain, and was named to second-team all-conference in 2017 and to the 2016 newcomer team of the year. Johnson was the recipient of the George Chryst Award, representing leadership and attitude both on and off the field.
 
Johnson graduated from UW-Platteville in 2019 with a bachelor’s degree in business administration.