Kenny Johnson (basketball)

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Kenny Johnson
Biographical details
Born Oxon Hill, Maryland
Alma mater Maryland
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
2011–2012 Towson (assistant)
2012–2014 Indiana (assistant)
2014–2017 Louisville (assistant)
2018–2020 La Salle (assistant)

Kenny Johnson is an American basketball coach who was most recently an assistant coach for La Salle. He was formerly an assistant coach with the Louisville Cardinals under former head coach Rick Pitino. [1]

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College coaching career

On April 21, 2014, after serving for two seasons as an assistant coach and recruiting coordinator for Tom Crean at Indiana University, Johnson was hired as an assistant coach for Louisville under head coach Rick Pitino, one year after Louisville won the NCAA Division 1 men's basketball tournament. [2] Johnson was placed on administrative leave at Louisville shortly after the 2017–18 NCAA Division I men's basketball corruption scandal and FBI investigation into the college basketball program in September 2017 that also resulted in the firing of Pitino, athletic director Tom Jurich and assistant coach Jordan Fair. Johnson was officially fired in November. [3]

La Salle University hired Johnson in May 2018 to serve under new men's basketball coach Ashley Howard. [4] On May 11, 2020, after being named in a Notice of Allegations regarding providing benefits to a recruit at Louisville, Johnson was fired from La Salle. [5]

Johnson also held the position of vice president/assistant director of basketball operations for well-known AAU program TeamTakeover for six years. During that time, he also served as head coach of the program's 16U team.

Personal

Johnson attended Oxon Hill High School in his hometown of Oxon Hill, Maryland. He had his playing career cut short by injury in his second season of varsity basketball. Johnson went on to attend University of Maryland-College Park, where in 1999 he earned his degree in cell, molecular biology and genetics.

Prior to becoming a college assistant, Johnson was very active in the Maryland high school coaching circuit. He held assistant positions at Eleanor Roosevelt High School (2002-2006), Dr. Henry Wise High School (2006-2007) and Paul VI High School (2007-2011).

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References

  1. Kenny Johnson named to Louisville staff
  2. "Kenny Johnson Named Assistant Men's Basketball Coach at Indiana". Archived from the original on 2014-04-16. Retrieved 2014-04-15.
  3. "La Salle expected to hire former Louisville associate head coach Kenny Johnson to staff sources told ESPN".
  4. https://www.courier-journal.com/story/sports/college/louisville/2018/05/09/louisville-basketball-scandal-kenny-johnson-lasalle-rick-pitino/593307002/
  5. Borzello, Jeff (May 11, 2020). "Assistant basketball coach Kenny Johnson, named in NCAA notice, out at La Salle". ESPN . Retrieved May 11, 2020.