Georgia Tech pursuing Johnson (Annapolis Capital)

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<p>Longtime assistant succeeds Johnson, signs 5-year deal</p>

<p>[Navy</a> quickly promotes Niumatalolo to coach – baltimoresun.com](<a href=“http://www.baltimoresun.com/sports/college/football/bal-sp.navy09dec09,0,3433518.story]Navy”>http://www.baltimoresun.com/sports/college/football/bal-sp.navy09dec09,0,3433518.story)</p>

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Shortly after Navy finished the regular season with what has become its annual victory over Army on Dec. 1 at M&T Bank Stadium, athletic director Chet Gladchuk tapped assistant head coach Ken Niumatalolo on the shoulder.</p>

<p>“I said, ‘If anything comes about, I want to talk to you; let’s get together,’” Gladchuk said yesterday. “At that point, I wasn’t sure if something was going to happen. But it did.”</p>

<p>Shortly after Paul Johnson announced Friday that he was leaving Navy to become the coach at Georgia Tech, Gladchuk called Niumatalolo back from a recruiting trip and, in a literal sense, tapped him on the shoulder again…

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