Kevin Johnson
Kevin Johnson (born November 12, 1965)
Current position: Head men’s basketball coach
Current team: Southern Jaguars
Current conference: Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC)
Centenary record: 65-100 (.394)
Southern record: 18-14 (.563)
Overall record: 83-114 (.421)
Career Accomplishments:
- NCAA National Championships: 0
- NCAA Tournament Appearances: 0
- NIT Championships: 0
- NIT Appearances: 0
- SWAC Regular Season Champion: 0
- SWAC Tournament Champion: 0
Coaching Career (head coach, unless noted):
| 2023-present | Southern |
| 2019-2023 | Tulane (asst) |
| 2010-2019 | Louisiana (asst) |
| 2007-2010 | Nicholls (asst) |
| 2005-2007 | Louisiana Tech (asst) |
| 1999-2005 | Centenary |
| 1997-1999 | Centenary (asst) |
| 1996-1997 | UT Pan American (asst) |
| 1989-1990 | Northwestern State (asst) |
Kevin Johnson Facts
- Kevin Johnson
- Born November 12, 1965
- Hometown: Morgan City, Louisiana
- Alma Mater: University of Texas-Pan American (BS, 1988)
- After graduating from Morgan City HS (LA), Johnson played four years at UTPA (now UTRGV) for head coaches Lon Kruger and Kevin Wall
- Had several stints playing professionally in England, including two years as player/coach with the Oldham Celtics (1990-92)
- In between stints, he spent one year back in Louisiana as an assistant coach at Northwestern State under Dan Bell
- Was also an assistant coach from 1992-96 at Bryan HS (TX)
- Returned to his alma mater UTPA and spent the 1996-97 season as an assistant under Mark Adams
- Spent two years on Billy Kennedy‘s staff at then-Division I Centenary in Shreveport, LA, then was elevated to head coach in 1999
- Went 65-100 over six seasons, a tenure that included the program’s first couple years in the Summit League
- Worked as an assistant for the next eighteen years at D-I programs across his home state, with stints at Louisiana Tech (under Keith Richard), Nicholls (under J.P. Piper), Louisiana-Lafayette (under Bob Marlin) and Tulane (under Ron Hunter)
- Part of 1 NCAA Tournament, 1 NIT and 3 CITs as an assistant coach
- Hired in March 2023 to be the new head coach at Southern in the SWAC
Kevin Johnson Coaching Tree
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