Johnny Dawkins (born September 28, 1963)

Current position: Head men’s basketball coach
Current team: UCF Knights
Current conference: Big 12 Conference
Stanford record: 156-115 (.576)
UCF record: 131-87 (.601)
Overall record: 287-202 (.587)

Career Accomplishments:

• NCAA National Championships:  0
• NCAA Tournament Appearances:  2  (2014, 2019)
• NCAA Tournament Sweet Sixteen:  1  (2014)
• NCAA Tournament Final Four:  0
• NIT Championships:  2  (2012, 2015)
• NIT Appearances:  4  (2012, 2015, 2017, 2023)
• CBI Appearances:  1  (2009)
• Big 12 Regular Season Champion:  0
• Big 12 Tournament Champion:  0

Career Accomplishments:

• Naismith Player of the Year:  1  (1986)
• AP All-American:  2  (1985, 1986)
• National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame (inducted 2023)

Coaching Career (head coach, unless noted):

2016-present	UCF
2008-2016	Stanford
1999-2008	Duke (assoc. HC)
1998-1999	Duke (asst)

Johnny Dawkins Facts

• Johnny Earl Dawkins, Jr.
• Born September 28, 1963
• Hometown: Washington, DC
• Alma Mater: Duke University (BS, 1986)
• Played for, then spent ten seasons as an assistant to legendary head coach  at Duke
• Was a star player at Duke under head coach Mike Krzyzewski, twice earning All-ACC and AP All-American First Team honors
  • Named Naismith POY in 1986; the Blue Devils finished as National Runner-Up that season, losing the title to Louisville
  • Dawkins’ number #24 was retired and he was named to the ACC 50th Anniversary basketball team in 2003
• Drafted 10th overall in the 1986 NBA Draft by the San Antonio Spurs, kicking off a nine-year professional career
  • Played three seasons with the Spurs, five with the Philadelphia 76ers and then one final season with the Detroit Pistons
  • Head coaches he played for include Bob Weiss, Larry Brown, Jim Lynam, Doug Moe, Fred Carter and Don Chaney
• Returned to Duke in 1996 after leaving the NBA, working as an intern and broadcaster before joining the coaching staff in 1998
  • Spent one year as an assistant for Coach K before becoming associate head coach, a position he held for nine seasons
  • During his twelve years with the program, Duke went to twelve NCAA Tournaments, three Final Fours and won the NCAA National Championship in 2001
• Left Duke in 2008 to become the head coach at Stanford, his first head coaching opportunity
  • Won 156 games in eight seasons, winning two NIT titles (2012, 2015) and earning a trip to the 2014 Sweet Sixteen
  • Fired in March 2016 following a 15-15 (8-10) season; went to the postseason five times in eight years
• Hired about a week later to become the head coach at UCF in Orlando
  • Led the Knights to 24 wins in his first season, culminating in a trip to the NIT Semifinals at Madison Square Garden
  • Two years later, earned an at-large bid to the 2019 NCAA Tournament and got the program’s first ever NCAAT victory
• Along with his wife, Tracy, has four children

Johnny Dawkins Coaching Tree

• Jimmy Drew (Lincoln MO)
• Joe Kuligoski (Panola College)
• Mark Madsen (California, Utah Valley)
• Dwight Perry (Wofford)
• Mike Schrage (Elon)