Tim Johnson

Tim Johnson became Illinois’ first State Director of the Fellowship of Christian Athletes (FCA) in August 1993. Earlier he served as the National Director for the American Sport Effectiveness Program (ASEP), a division of Human Kinetics Publishers in Champaign, and as the C.E.O. of the Metropolitan YMCA in Wichita, Kansas. Additionally, Johnson worked as the Assistant Executive Director for USA Wrestling, the sport’s national governing body and as the Director of Wrestling for the XXIII Olympiad at Los Angeles in 1984.

A native of Morning Sun, Iowa, Johnson currently resides in Champaign, Illinois with his wife of 36 years, Lisa. For the past 35 years, Tim has been the “voice of college wrestling.” During this time, Tim has broadcast nearly 500 college wrestling meets for Iowa Public TV, the Big Ten Network and ESPN. For the past 18 years, Tim, who is part of three Halls of Fame, has been part of the ESPN broadcast team for the NCAA Championships. In 2007 and 2008, Tim was honored as the NWCA’s Broadcaster of the Year and WIN Magazine’s Journalist of the Year.