Building Leaders. Strengthening Purpose. Changing Lives.
Johnny Coz is a Chicagoland motivational speaker, high school football coach, and youth mentor whose message was built through adversity, loss, faith, and second chances. Through personal struggle, heartbreak, addiction, setbacks, and a life altering motorcycle accident, Johnny discovered that resilience is not just about surviving hard seasons. It is about learning to rebuild with purpose, accountability, and strong foundations. Today, he speaks to students and young adults with honesty, energy, and heart, helping them grow in leadership, character, and purpose.
About Johnny Coz
Johnny Coz has walked through the kind of adversity that leaves a mark and forces a person to decide who they are going to become. His life has been shaped by struggle, loss, poor decisions, hard lessons, faith, and the grace to keep going when everything could have fallen apart. From heartbreak and disappointment to addiction, personal setbacks, and the loss of people close to him, Johnny knows what it means to be tested by life and to fight to rebuild.
That fight took on an entirely new meaning after a life altering motorcycle accident left him facing brain trauma, aphasia, cranial surgery, and an intense road of rehabilitation. What followed was more than physical healing. It was a complete rebuilding of his mindset, leadership, faith, and purpose. Through every obstacle, Johnny learned that the choices we make matter, accountability matters, and the foundation we build our lives on matters most when life gets shaken.
Today, Johnny speaks to students and young adults with honesty, conviction, and heart. As a high school football coach and motivational speaker, he challenges young people to stop being driven by feelings alone and start building their lives on character, discipline, resilience, and purpose. His message is real, faith rooted, and built to meet students where they are while calling them toward something greater.
“He’s not just a coach; he’s a role model, a teacher, and a leader who believes in hard work, and toughness while being compassionate and understanding. Every conversation with Coach left me feeling confident because his words have authority behind them. Coach Coz’s story and energy have the power to inspire audiences far beyond the football field and any school would be lucky to have him come speak to their students.”
-Alex C., Student