Stan Johnson (basketball coach)

Stan Johnson is a Liberia, West Africa born basketball coach who is the current head coach of the Loyola Marymount Lions men's basketball team.[2]

Stan Johnson
Current position
TitleHead coach
TeamLoyola Marymount
ConferenceWCC
Record0–0 (–)
Biographical details
Born1979/1980 (age 40–41)[1]
Liberia, West Africa
Playing career
1998–2002Southern Utah
2002–2003Bemidji State
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
2003–2004Bemidji State (assistant)
2004–2007Southwest Baptist (assistant)
2007–2008Cal State Northridge (assistant)
2008–2011Utah (assistant)
2011–2013Drake (assistant)
2013–2015Arizona State (assistant)
2015–2020Marquette (assistant)
2020–presentLoyola Marymount
Head coaching record
Overall0–0 (–)

Playing career

Johnson played three seasons at Southern Utah where he was a team captain and part of the Thunderbirds' 2001 NCAA Tournament squad which was narrowly defeated 68–65 by third-seeded Boston College in the program's only NCAA Tournament appearance.[3] For his senior season, Johnson transferred to Bemidji State and was the team's leader in assists and an all-conference honorable mention.[2][4]

Coaching career

Johnson would stay on Bemidji State's bench following his senior year as a one-year stop as an assistant coach before moving on to Southwest Baptist as an assistant from 2004 to 2007, where he was part of a Bearcats MAIAA team which made the NCAA Division II Tournament.[2] After a one-year stop at Cal State Northridge where he tied for first in the Big West Conference , Johnson would join Jim Boylen's staff at Utah. In 2008–09, the Utes won a share of the Mountain West Conference Championship and the postseason conference tournament title. Utah finished the season ranked No. 25 in the AP poll and earned a No. 5 seed in the Midwest Region, at the time the highest seed ever given to a Mountain West team.[5] He landed at Drake for an assistant coaching spell from 2011 to 2013 before joining Herb Sendek's staff at Arizona State, where he remained until 2015, helping guide the Sun Devils to a NCAA Tournament appearance in 2014.[6][7] In 2015, Johnson joined Steve Wojciechowski's staff at Marquette, and was a part of two Golden Eagles NCAA tournament teams.[8] Johnson was responsible for recruiting Markus Howard to Arizona State and, ultimately, Marquette where Howard became a consensus First Team All-American selection as a senior.[9]

On March 20, 2020, Johnson was named the head coach at Loyola Marymount, replacing Mike Dunlap.[10][11]

Head coaching record
Statistics overview
Season Team Overall Conference Standing Postseason
Loyola Marymount (West Coast) (2020–present)
2020–21 Loyola Marymount 0–00–0
Loyola Marymount: 0–0 (–)0–0 (–)
Total:0–0 (–)

      National champion         Postseason invitational champion  
      Conference regular season champion         Conference regular season and conference tournament champion
      Division regular season champion       Division regular season and conference tournament champion
      Conference tournament champion

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References
  1. https://www.latimes.com/sports/story/2020-07-09/stan-johnson-hopes-to-put-lmu-on-map-with-a-long-stay-in-l-a
  2. "Stan Johnson - Head Coach - Staff Directory". Loyola Marymount University Athletics. Retrieved March 24, 2020.
  3. "Stan Johnson College Stats". College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved March 24, 2020.
  4. TN, Streamline Technologies | Nashville. "Roster | Official Site of Bemidji State Athletics". BSUBeavers.com. Retrieved March 24, 2020.
  5. "Stan Johnson - Men's Basketball Coach". University of Utah Athletics. Retrieved March 24, 2020.
  6. "Drake University Athletics - Stan Johnson - 2011 Men's Basketball Coaching Staff - Drake University". godrakebulldogs.com. Retrieved March 24, 2020.
  7. "Stan Johnson - Men's Basketball Coach". Arizona State University Athletics. Retrieved March 24, 2020.
  8. "Stan Johnson - Men's Basketball Coach". Marquette University Athletics. Retrieved March 24, 2020.
  9. Borzello, Jeff (March 20, 2020). "Loyola Marymount turns to Marquette's Stan Johnson as coach". ESPN. Retrieved March 24, 2020.
  10. "LMU Names Stan Johnson Men's Basketball Head Coach". Loyola Marymount University Athletics. Retrieved March 24, 2020.
  11. "Loyola Marymount hires Marquette assistant Stan Johnson as its basketball coach". Los Angeles Times. Associated Press. March 21, 2020. Retrieved March 24, 2020.
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