University of North Carolina Ashville Athletics
Staff Directory

- Title:
- Assistant Coach
- Email:
- Phone:
- 251-6826
Johnson recently completed his fourth season with the UNC Asheville basketball program where he specialized in post player development for the 2017-18 season.
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Johnson has helped guide the program to three straight 20-win seasons and three conference championships during his four years on staff. The Bulldogs have won 81 games during that time.
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The 2017-18 Bulldogs captured their seventh Big South Conference regular season title and earned a postseason trip to the NIT tournament. MaCio Teague and Ahmad Thomas were Big South first-team All Conference selections, with Thomas earning Defensive Player of the Year for the second consecutive season.
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UNC Asheville won the Big South Regular Season championship in the 2016-17 season and was selected for postseason play in the CollegeInsider.com Tournament. MaCio Teague and Ahmad Thomas were Big South first-team All Conference selections, with Thomas also earning Defensive Player of the Year.
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During the 2015-16 campaign, the Bulldogs were Big South Tournament Champions and were selected as a 15-seed in the South Region of the NCAA tournament. They went on to lose in the first round to the eventual national champion, Villanova Wildcats.
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Johnson joined the Bulldog program from Ouachita Baptist University in Arkansas. During Johnson’s three years at Ouachita, he served as the top assistant and recruiting coordinator. Ouachita won the 2013 Great American Conference Tournament in his second season on staff (the first conference championship for OBU in 22 years). He helped develop four all-conference selections and the 2013 Great American Conference Tournament MVP.
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For the 2010-2011 season, Johnson was a graduate assistant at the University of Tennessee. At Tennessee he was involved with many aspects of the program including skill development, scouting, and film breakdown. Three players from that Tennessee team, Tobias Harris, Scotty Hopson, and Jordan McRae, went on to play in the NBA.
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Johnson is a graduate of Coastal Carolina, where he was a four-year starter for the Chanticleers. During his time at CCU, Johnson was a starter on the 2009-2010 Big South Conference championship team. He was named to the 2010 Big South Conference All-Tournament Team and was twice named to the Big South Academic All-Conference Team (2009-2010). Johnson was also named to the National Association of Basketball Coaches Honors Court in 2010 and named to the CoSIDA/ESPN the Magazine Academic All-District First Team in 2010. Johnson earned his business management degree from Coastal Carolina in 2010 and later completed his master’s degree in Sport Management from Old Dominion.