Trent Johnson
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| Trent Johnson | ||
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| Title | Head coach | |
| College | LSU | |
| Sport | Basketball | |
| Team record | 0-0 | |
| Born | September 12, 1956 | |
| Place of birth |  Berkeley, California |
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| Career highlights | ||
| Overall | 159-122 | |
| Championships | ||
| WAC Tournament Championship (2004) WAC Regular Season Championship (2004) |
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| Playing career | ||
| 1974–1978 | Boise State | |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | ||
| 1980–1985 1986–1989 1989–1992 1992–1996 1996–1999 1999–2004 2004–2008 2008-Present |
Boise HS Utah (asst.) Washington (asst.) Rice (asst.) Stanford (asst.) Nevada Stanford LSU |
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Trent Johnson (born September 12, 1956 in Berkeley, California) is a men's college basketball coach. He is currently the head coach of the LSU Tigers basketball team. Johnson had previously been the head coach at Stanford University and Nevada, where he achieved some success in the 2004 NCAA tournament with star player Kirk Snyder and then-freshman Nick Fazekas.[1] Johnson had an overall record of 79-74 (.516) in five seasons as the head coach at Nevada.
Stanford athletic director Ted Leland had long been impressed with Johnson, a former Stanford assistant, and kept him in mind if Mike Montgomery ever decided to move on. Less than a week after Montgomery quit to coach the NBA's Golden State Warriors, Johnson was hired to lead the Cardinal. [2]
In his four seasons at Stanford, Trent Johnson had a record of 80-48 (.625). He led the Cardinal to three appearances in the NCAA tournament and one NIT tournament appearance. Johnson's 2007-08 team advanced to the Sweet 16.
Johnson's overall record as a head coach is 159-122 (.566).
Johnson graduated from Franklin High School in Seattle in 1974 and played at Boise State from 1974-78. He received his bachelor's degree from in physical education from BSU in 1983.[3]
On April 10, 2008, Johnson was officially named the 21st head coach of the LSU Tigers men's basketball team.[4] With the hiring, Johnson became the first African American head coach of a men's sports team at LSU.
[edit] Head coaching record
| Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
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| Nevada (Big West) (1999 — 2000) | |||||||||
| 1999-2000 | Nevada | 9-20 | 6-10 | T-3rd (East) | |||||
| Nevada (WAC) (2000 — 2004) | |||||||||
| 2000-2001 | Nevada | 10-18 | 3-13 | 9th | |||||
| 2001-2002 | Nevada | 17-13 | 9-9 | T-5th | |||||
| 2002-2003 | Nevada | 18-14 | 10-6 | T-3rd | NIT First Round | ||||
| 2003-2004 | Nevada | 25-9 | 13-5 | T-1st | NCAA Sweet 16 | ||||
| Nevada: | 79-74 | ||||||||
| Stanford (Pac-10) (2004 — 2008) | |||||||||
| 2004-2005 | Stanford | 18-13 | 11-7 | T-3rd | NCAA First Round | ||||
| 2005-2006 | Stanford | 16-14 | 11-7 | T-4th | NIT Second Round | ||||
| 2006-2007 | Stanford | 18-13 | 10-8 | 6th | NCAA First Round | ||||
| 2007-2008 | Stanford | 28-8 | 13-5 | 2nd | NCAA Sweet 16 | ||||
| Stanford: | 80-48 | 45-27 | |||||||
| LSU (SEC) (2008 — present) | |||||||||
| 2008-2009 | LSU | 0-0 | 0-0 | ||||||
| LSU: | 0-0 | 0-0 | |||||||
| Total: | 159-122 | ||||||||
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National Champion Conference Champion Conference Tournament Champion |
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[edit] References
- ^ Ratto, Ray. "Nevada busts onto NCAA scene", ESPN, 2004-03-20. Retrieved on 2008-02-11.
- ^ Associated Press. "Johnson introduced as new coach", ESPN, 2004-04-28. Retrieved on 2008-02-11.
- ^ Stanford goes with 'everyman'
- ^ LSU Names Trent Johnson 20th Men's Basketball Head Coach
[edit] External Links
- SFGate.com - hiring of Trent Johnson at Stanford - 26-May-2004
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