Stan Johnson (basketball coach)

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Stan Johnson
Current position
Title Head coach
Team Loyola Marymount
Conference WCC
Record59–62 (.488)
Biographical details
Born (1979-09-16) September 16, 1979 (age 45) [1] [2]
Liberia
Playing career
1998–2002 Southern Utah
2002–2003 Bemidji State
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
2003–2004 Bemidji State (assistant)
2004–2007 Southwest Baptist (assistant)
2007–2008 Cal State Northridge (assistant)
2008–2011 Utah (assistant)
2011–2013 Drake (assistant)
2013–2015 Arizona State (assistant)
2015–2020 Marquette (assistant)
2020–present Loyola Marymount
Head coaching record
Overall59–62 (.488)

Stan Johnson (born September 16, 1979) [2] is a Liberian-born basketball coach and former player who is the current head coach of the Loyola Marymount Lions men's basketball team. [3]

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Playing career

Johnson played three seasons at Southern Utah where he was a team captain and part of the Thunderbirds' 2001 NCAA tournament squad which was narrowly defeated 68–65 by third-seeded Boston College in the program's only NCAA Tournament appearance. [4] For his senior season, Johnson transferred to Bemidji State and was the team's leader in assists and an all-conference honorable mention. [3] [5]

Coaching career

Johnson would stay on Bemidji State's bench following his senior year as a one-year stop as an assistant coach before moving on to Southwest Baptist as an assistant from 2004 to 2007, where he was part of a Bearcats MAIAA team which made the NCAA Division II Tournament. [3] After a one-year stop at Cal State Northridge where he tied for first in the Big West Conference, Johnson would join Jim Boylen's staff at Utah. In 2008–09, the Utes won a share of the Mountain West Conference Championship and the postseason conference tournament title. Utah finished the season ranked No. 25 in the AP poll and earned a No. 5 seed in the Midwest Region, at the time the highest seed ever given to a Mountain West team. [6] He landed at Drake for an assistant coaching spell from 2011 to 2013 before joining Herb Sendek's staff at Arizona State, where he remained until 2015, helping guide the Sun Devils to an NCAA Tournament appearance in 2014. [7] [8] In 2015, Johnson joined Steve Wojciechowski's staff at Marquette, and was a part of two Golden Eagles NCAA tournament teams. [9] Johnson was responsible for recruiting Markus Howard to Arizona State and, ultimately, Marquette where Howard became a consensus First Team All-American selection as a senior. [10]

On March 20, 2020, Johnson was named the head coach at Loyola Marymount, replacing Mike Dunlap. [11] [12]

Head coaching record

Statistics overview
SeasonTeamOverallConferenceStandingPostseason
Loyola Marymount Lions (West Coast Conference)(2020–present)
2020–21 Loyola Marymount 13–97–53rd
2021–22 Loyola Marymount 11–183–129th
2022–23 Loyola Marymount 19–129–74th
2023–24 Loyola Marymount 12–195–11T–6th
2024–25 Loyola Marymount 4–40–0
Loyola Marymount:59–62 (.488)24–35 (.407)
Total:59–62 (.488)

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References

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  7. ↑ "Drake University Athletics - Stan Johnson - 2011 Men's Basketball Coaching Staff - Drake University". godrakebulldogs.com. Retrieved March 24, 2020.
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  9. ↑ "Stan Johnson - Men's Basketball Coach". Marquette University Athletics. Retrieved March 24, 2020.
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