Aaron Johnston (basketball)

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Aaron Johnston
Current position
TitleHead coach
Team South Dakota State
Conference Summit League
Record598–191 (.758)
Annual salary$290,000 [1]
Biographical details
Born (1974-08-28) August 28, 1974 (age 49)
Pine Island, Minnesota
Alma mater Gustavus Adolphus College ('96)
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1996–1997 NDSCS (asst.)
1997–1999 South Dakota State (GA)
1999–2000South Dakota State (asst.)
2000–presentSouth Dakota State
Head coaching record
Overall598–191 (.758)
Tournaments5–11 (NCAA Division I)
13–2 (NCAA Division II)
13–4 (WNIT)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
  • WNIT Championship (2022)
  • NCAA Division II Women's Championship (2003)
  • 2x NCC regular season championships (2003, 2004)
  • 10x Summit League regular season championships (2008, 2009, 2012–2014, 2019, 2021–2024)
  • 10x Summit League conference tournament championships (2009–2013, 2015, 2016, 2018, 2019, 2023)
Awards
  • 2003 Molten/Women’s Division II Bulletin Coach of the Year
  • 2x Independent League Coach of the Year (2006, 2007)
  • 6x Summit League Coach of the Year (2008, 2009, 2012, 2014, 2021, 2022)

Aaron Johnston [2] (born August 28, 1974) is an American basketball coach who has been the head women's basketball coach at South Dakota State University since 1999. [3] Johnston has led the Jackrabbits to the NCAA Division II in 2003.

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South Dakota State

Aaron Johnston started at South Dakota State working with the men's basketball team as a graduate assistant under then head coach Scott Nagy. He moved to the women's basketball team as an assistant coach under Nancy Neiber. During the 1999–2000 season, Neiber took a leave of absence and Johnston took over as interim for the final six games. During those six games, he went on to defeat the #2 ranked and eventual NCAA D-II Runner up; North Dakota State.

Johnston became head coach of the Jackrabbits on June 30, 2000, making him the seventh head coach in SDSU women's basketball era. In three of his first four years as head coach, he led South Dakota State to the Elite Eight three straight years, and won the NCAA D-II national championship over Northern Kentucky 65–50.

Since joining the Summit League in the 2007–08 season the Jackrabbits have made the postseason every year (11 NCAA, 4 WNIT).

He also coached one year for the South Dakota State Jackrabbits men's and women's golf team.[ citation needed ]

Head coaching record

Statistics overview
SeasonCoachOverallConferenceStandingPostseason
South Dakota State (NCC Division II [4] )(1999–2004)
1999–2000South Dakota State 4–2*4–2*4th
2000–01South Dakota State 15–129–9T—5th
2001–02South Dakota State 28–912–6T—2ndNCAA D-II Elite Eight
2002–03 South Dakota State 32–314–2T—1stNCAA D-II Champs
2003–04South Dakota State 26–711–3T—1stNCAA D-II Elite Eight
South Dakota State (NCAA Division I independent)(2004–2007)
2004–05South Dakota State 21–7
2005–06South Dakota State 19–9
2006–07South Dakota State 25–6 WNIT Quarter-finals
South Dakota State (Summit League [5] )(2007–present)
2007–08South Dakota State 23–716–21st WNIT First Round
2008–09South Dakota State 32–317–11st NCAA Second Round
2009–10 South Dakota State 22–1114–42nd NCAA First Round
2010–11 South Dakota State 19–1412–6T—3rd NCAA First Round
2011–12 South Dakota State 24–916–21st NCAA First Round
2012–13 South Dakota State 25–814–21st NCAA First Round
2013–14 South Dakota State 26–1013–11st WNIT Semifinals
2014–15 South Dakota State 24–912–42nd NCAA First Round
2015–16 South Dakota State 27–713–32nd NCAA Second Round
2016–17 South Dakota State 23–912–4T—2nd WNIT Second Round
2017–18 South Dakota State 26–712–22nd NCAA First Round
2018–19 South Dakota State 28–715–11st NCAA Sweet Sixteen
2019–20 South Dakota State 23–1013–32ndPostseason not held
2020–21 South Dakota State 21–414–01st NCAA First Round
2021–22 South Dakota State 29–917–1T—1st WNIT Champions
2022–23 South Dakota State 29–618–01st NCAA Second Round
2023–24 South Dakota State 27–616–01st NCAA First Round
South Dakota State:598–191 (.758)294–58 (.835)
Total:598–191 (.758)

      National champion        Postseason invitational champion  
      Conference regular season champion        Conference regular season and conference tournament champion
      Division regular season champion      Division regular season and conference tournament champion
      Conference tournament champion

*Named interim coach for the final six games.

Players drafted into WNBA

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References

  1. ↑ Yost, Rae (March 8, 2023). "SDSU tourney title earns Johnston $10,000". Keloland.com. Retrieved April 10, 2023.
  2. ↑ "Aaron Johnston (@Coach_AJ) - Twitter". twitter.com.
  3. ↑ "Aaron Johnston". www.gojacks.com.
  4. ↑ Record book [ dead link ]
  5. ↑ "The Summit League" (PDF). The Summit League.
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