Trent Johnson
Trent Johnson (born September 12, 1956)
Teams coached: Nevada Wolfpack, Stanford Cardinal, LSU Tigers, TCU Horned Frogs, Cal State Northridge Matadors
Nevada record: 79-74 (.516)
Stanford record: 80-48 (.625)
LSU record: 67-64 (.511)
TCU record: 50-79 (.388)
Cal State Northridge: 14-48 (.226)
Overall record: 290-313 (.481)
Career Accomplishments:
- NCAA National Championships: 0
- NCAA Tournament Appearances: 5 (2004, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009)
- NCAA Tournament Sweet Sixteen: 2 (2004, 2008)
- NCAA Tournament Final Four: 0
- NIT Championships: 0
- NIT Appearances: 3 (2003, 2006, 2012)
- SEC Regular Season Champion: 1 (2009)
- WAC Regular Season Champion: 1 (2004)
- WAC Tournament Champion: 1 (2004)
Awards:
- SEC Coach of the Year: 1 (2009)
- Pac-12 Coach of the Year: 1 (2008)
Coaching Career (head coach, unless noted):
| 2021-2023 | Cal State Northridge |
| 2019-2021 | California (DPD) |
| 2017-2018 | Louisville (asst) |
| 2012-2016 | TCU |
| 2008-2012 | LSU |
| 2004-2008 | Stanford |
| 1999-2004 | Nevada |
| 1996-1999 | Stanford (asst) |
| 1992-1996 | Rice (asst) |
| 1989-1992 | Washington (asst) |
| 1986-1989 | Utah (asst) |
Trent Johnson Facts
- Trent Aubrey Johnson
- Born September 2, 1956
- Hometown: Seattle, Washington
- Alma Mater: Boise State University (BA, 1983)
- Played basketball at Boise State from 1974-1978 under head coach Bus Connor; was part of the Broncos’ first-ever D-I NCAA Tournament appearance in 1976
- Started his coaching career at Boise High School (ID) as head coach from 1980-1985
- Joined the college assistant ranks in 1986, spending three seasons at Utah under Lynn Archibald, three under Lynn Nance at Washington and four under Willis Wilson at Rice
- Would hire Nance later in his career as one of his assistants at LSU
- Worked for three seasons at Stanford under Mike Montgomery before getting his first head coaching position at Nevada in 1999
- Led the Wolfpack to a 25-9 run to the NCAA Sweet Sixteen in 2004
- Spent four seasons as the head coach at Stanford, going to three NCAA Tournaments and reaching the Sweet Sixteen in 2008
- Left Stanford for the LSU job following the 2007-08 season, leading the Tigers to the NCAA Tournament in year one but only managing one NIT berth over the next three seasons
- Most recent coaching position was a four year stint at TCU, during which the Horned Frogs did not finish higher than 9th place in the Big 12 and finished with a winning record just once
- Johnson was fired from his position at TCU in March 2016
- Was hired by Cal head coach Mark Fox in April 2019 to be deputy analyst and director of player development
- In July 2021, Johnson was hired as the interim head coach of the Cal State Northridge Matadors in the Big West
- In March 2022, Johnson was officially hired as head coach; stepped down a year later with an overall record of 14-48
- Along with his wife, Jackie, has one daughter and one son
Trent Johnson Coaching Tree
- David Carter (Nevada)
- Mark Fox (California, Georgia, Nevada)
- Doug Oliver (UC Irvine women’s)
- David Patrick (Nevada)
- Eric Reveno (Portland)
- Donald Reyes (Loyola LA)
- Keith Richard (Louisiana-Monroe)
- Nick Robinson (Southern Utah)
- Chris Tifft (Cal Poly Humboldt)
