Former UM head football coach Jimmy Johnson led the Hurricanes to the 1987 national title and compiled a 52-9 record at Miami.

Jimmy Johnson, who led the Miami Hurricanes football team to the 1987 National Championship and compiled a 52-9 record during his five years as UM’s head coach, has been named to the College Football Hall of Fame, joining 17 other former players and coaches who were selected for enshrinement in the 2012 class.

Johnson becomes the third coach from the Hurricanes to earn such an honor, joining Jack Harding (1980) and Andy Gustafson (1985). Johnson coached at UM from 1984 to 1988.

During UM’s 1987 championship season, his squad went 12-0 and defeated six nationally ranked teams, including a 20-14 victory over then-No. 1 Oklahoma in the Orange Bowl.

After his team’s win over Oklahoma, Johnson said, “We played our way to this championship. We have the best record versus anybody in the country . . . We beat Oklahoma three in a row, Florida State and Notre Dame three in a row, Florida a couple . . . What is sweetest is that we did it as a team. We lost starters and had other guys come in and play magnificently.”

Including his five seasons as head coach of Oklahoma State, Johnson’s career collegiate record stands at 81-34-3.

He left Miami after the 1988 season to replace the legendary Tom Landry as head coach of the Dallas Cowboys. His five-year stay in Dallas culminated with back-to-back Super Bowl wins in 1992 and 1993. Johnson is one of just six men to coach consecutive Super Bowl champions.

Johnson, who also coached the Miami Dolphins from 1996 to 1999, is currently an analyst for Fox NFL Sunday, the Fox network’s NFL pregame show.

Johnson becomes the ninth man with ties to UM to be selected for induction into the College Football Hall of Fame. In addition to Harding and Gustafson, he joins players Don Bosseler (1990), Ted Hendricks (1987), Gino Torretta (2009), Arnold Tucker (2008), Bennie Blades (2006), and Russell Maryland (2011).