photo by Boyd Loving ( Johnson at Village Hall after State Championship)
the staff of the Ridgewood blog
Ridgewood NJ, Longtime Ridgewood football coach Chuck Johnson is set to return to the head coach position this fall. Ridgewood Class of 1970, has been reinstated as the head football coach for the Maroons. Johnson, retired as a teacher at Ridgewood in May of 2020 and will now just focus on football . Feeling rejuvenated and healthy, the 68 year old Johnson has spent the better part of the last 16 months recovering from a serious illness caused by an infection that ended up putting him in intensive care in October 2019, days after the Maroons moved to 5-0 with a victory over Paramus.
