Stan Johnson
Stan Johnson (born September 16, 1979)
Current position: Head men’s basketball coach
Current team: Loyola Marymount Lions
Current conference: West Coast Conference (WCC)
Loyola Marymount record: 55-58 (.487)
Overall record: 55-58 (.487)
Career Accomplishments:
- NCAA National Championships: 0
- NCAA Tournament Appearances: 0
- NIT Championships: 0
- NIT Appearances: 0
- WCC Regular Season Champion: 0
- WCC Tournament Champion: 0
Coaching Career (head coach, unless noted):
| 2020-present | Loyola Marymount |
| 2017-2020 | Marquette (assoc. HC) |
| 2015-2017 | Marquette (asst) |
| 2013-2015 | Arizona State (asst) |
| 2011-2013 | Drake (asst) |
| 2008-2011 | Utah (asst) |
| 2007-2008 | Cal State Northridge (asst) |
| 2004-2007 | Southwest Baptist (asst) |
| 2003-2004 | Bemidji State (asst) |
Stan Johnson Facts
- Stan Johnson
- Born September 16, 1979
- Hometown: Liberia, West Africa / Taylorsville, Utah
- Alma Mater: Southern Utah University (BA, 2003)
- Born in Liberia, Johnson’s family had to flee in 1990 due to war; they settled in Taylorsville, Utah, a suburb of Salt Lake City
- Played three seasons for head coach Bill Evans at Southern Utah; three-time MCC All-Academic Team honors
- Spent his final season at D-II Bemidji State (MN), where he was the team captain
- Started coaching at Bemidji, then spent three years as an assistant at D-II Southwest Baptist (MO)
- Moved up to the D-I ranks in 2007, working on Bobby Braswell‘s staff at CSU Northridge for one year
- Next was a three-year stint under Jim Boylen at Utah and two years at Drake under Mark Phelps
- Hired by Herb Sendek at Arizona State in 2013, working with the Sun Devils for two seasons
- ASU went to the NCAA Tournament in 2014 and the NIT the following season, Sendek’s last
- Joined Steve Wojciechowski‘s staff as an assistant Marquette in 2015; elevated to associate head coach in 2017
- In five seasons, Johnson was a part of two NCAA Tournaments and one NIT
- In March 2020, Johnson was hired to be the head coach at Loyola Marymount in the WCC
- Is 55-58 overall through four seasons, including a 19-12 record and 4th place WCC finish in 2022-23
- Along with his wife, Brittany, has three children
Stan Johnson Coaching Tree
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