In eight seasons, Georgia Tech coach Paul Johnson has won at a higher rate (.616) than any coach at the school in the post-Bobby Dodd era. He has been named ACC coach of the year three times and last year directed an offense that tied an NCAA record for third-down conversion rate.
Monday, he found himself in the unusual position of explaining how the Tech offense failed to produce at critical junctures in the Yellow Jackets’ 38-31 loss to North Carolina, their third consecutive defeat. The Jackets play at No. 6 Clemson Saturday, trying to avoid the team’s first four-game losing streak since 1996, coach George O’Leary’s second season.