Hall of Fame coach and longtime NFL analyst Jimmy Johnson announced on Monday that he is retiring from his broadcasting role on Fox.
Johnson, 81, first joined Fox for its debut season broadcasting NFL games in 1994 and has been a staple of the network's coverage for almost the entirety of its existence.
Johnson announced his retirement on the "The Herd with Colin Cowherd."
"The most fun I've ever had in my career — that's counting Super Bowls and national championships — was at Fox Sports," Johnson told Cowherd. "I have an absolute ball with my friends on the set — the best friends I've ever had, there with Fox. ...
"But I've made an extremely difficult decision. I've been thinking about it for the last four or five years. I've decided to retire from Fox. I'm gonna miss it. I'm gonna miss all the guys. I'll see them occasionally. But it has been a great run starting back 31 years ago."
Johnson first joined Fox in 1994 after five seasons as the head coach of the Dallas Cowboys, which he led to Super Bowl championships following the 1992 and 1993 seasons. Johnson left the network to return to the NFL as the head coach of the Miami Dolphins from 1996-99. Johnson returned to his analyst's chair at Fox in 2002 and had remained with the network ever since.
Prior to joining the NFL, Johnson was the head coach at Oklahoma State (1979-83) and the University of Miami (1984-88) and led the Hurricanes to the 1987 national championship. He left Miami for the Cowboys in 1989.
