A Super Bowl-winning, national-championship-winning football coach walked onto a Survivor beach — the most decorated name ever to play — and got dropped onto Espada, the over-40 tribe that couldn't buy a challenge win. They had a literal Hall of Fame coach to rally around and still kept losing, and that's the whole problem with being Jimmy Johnson out there: beloved for morale, read as the social-and-strategic threat who goes deep. By Espada's third trip to Tribal, he saw the writing on the wall, didn't scramble for votes he was never going to get, and let the older tribe send him out eighteenth. Funniest wrinkle of Nicaragua: he was one of two Jimmys on that tribe, and the only one who left with any dignity — the very next vote torched Jimmy Tarantino for loudly begging to be handed the same kind of leadership Coach got for free.
Castaway
Jimmy Johnson
Jimmy Johnson
Competed on Survivor: Nicaragua (2010), finishing 18th.
- Seasons
- 1
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Common questions
- Did Jimmy Johnson win Survivor?
- No. Jimmy Johnson competed on Survivor but did not win. Competed on Survivor: Nicaragua (2010), finishing 18th.
- How many times has Jimmy Johnson played Survivor?
- Jimmy Johnson has played 1 season of Survivor: Season 21 (Nicaragua).
- What is Jimmy Johnson's best finish on Survivor?
- Jimmy Johnson's best finish is 18th on Survivor: Nicaragua (Season 21).
- How many days has Jimmy Johnson played Survivor?
- Jimmy Johnson has spent 8 days on the island across 1 season.
- How many times was Jimmy Johnson voted against at Tribal Council?
- Across 2 Tribal Councils, 8 votes were cast against Jimmy Johnson.
- What is Jimmy Johnson known for?
- Competed on Survivor: Nicaragua (2010), finishing 18th.
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