Brothers Chris and Boogie Johnson are national champions in first season working together

March 20, 2024 at 2:00 a.m.

by Matt Jones

Boogie Johnson (left) and Chris Johnson are brothers who coach the Arkansas women's track and field team. (Andy Shupe/NWA Democrat-Gazette)

FAYETTEVILLE — Lawrence “Boogie” Johnson takes partial credit for the most impactful decision in his younger brother Chris’ life.

When it came time for Boogie to leave Arkansas in 2002 to become an assistant track and field coach at Southern Illinois, he recommended to then-Arkansas sprints coach Lonnie Greene that he...