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HEAD COACH TRENT JOHNSON they were taken in the first 15 picks in 2008. Both big men still play in the NBA, Brook for the Brooklyn Nets and Robin for the New Orleans Hornets. Brook was named to the All-Star Team for the first time in 2013. Landry Fields, a sophomore guard during the Cardinal’s Sweet 16 run, was taken in the second round of the 2010 NBA Draft by the New York Knicks and currently plays for the Toronto Raptors. AT NEVADA (1999-2004) Johnson earned his first head coaching opportunity at Nevada in 1999, a decision that helped to revitalize a Wolf Pack program that had struggled prior to his hiring. A five-year transformation period followed culminating in Johnson leading the squad to a school-record 25 victories and the program’s first NCAA Sweet 16 appearance in 2004. Nevada posted NCAA victories over Michigan State and Gonzaga on its run before being edged by national runner-up Georgia Tech. The team also tied for a share of the WAC regular-season crown for the first time in school history that same season before capturing the WAC Tournament Championship.
He earned All-Big Sky honors as a senior. Following his collegiate career, Johnson played professionally for the Washington Lumberjacks of the Western Basketball League. He returned to Boise State after his playing days to receive his degree in physical education in 1986. OFF THE COURT Johnson is a member of the Board of Directors of the National Association of Basketball Coaches and has served on the NABC Special Committee on Recruiting and Access. He also has volunteered time to organizations such as the Boy Scouts of America, the Louisiana Health and Rehab Center, Inc., the American Diabetes Association, Samaritan’s Feet, Troops First and the Jimmy V Foundation for cancer research. Johnson was born in Berkeley, Calif. He and his wife, Jackie, have two adult children: a daughter, Tinishia, and a son, Terry.
Johnson displayed his coaching and recruiting expertise as he transformed the Wolf Pack into a conference powerhouse and national contender. Prior to his arrival, the squad had made just two NCAA Tournament appearances in school history and never won an NCAA Tournament game. In 2003, he was named the WAC Coach of the Year when his team won 18 games, advanced to the championship of the WAC Tournament and received an NIT bid for the school’s first postseason berth in six years. Nevada’s rise to prominence was aided by numerous recruiting successes, including a pair of players who reached the NBA in guard Kirk Snyder and forward Nick Fazekas. Snyder earned 2004 WAC Player of the Year honors in Johnson’s final season in Reno prior to being selected in the first round of the 2004 NBA Draft by the Minnesota Timberwolves. Fazekas, a freshman on Johnson’s final Wolf Pack squad, was drafted in 2007 by the Dallas Mavericks in the second round. EARLY CAREER Prior to earning his first head coaching position, Johnson put together a long and successful career as an assistant. He emerged as a strong candidate to lead a program as a key figure on Mike Montgomery’s staff at Stanford from 1996-99, when the Cardinal made an appearance in the 1998 NCAA Final Four and won the 1999 Pac-10 title. As a Stanford assistant, Johnson contributed to the development and recruitment of some of the program’s all-time greats, including future NBA players Brevin Knight, Mark Madsen, Casey Jacobsen and Jarron and Jason Collins. Johnson joined the Stanford staff after working four years as an assistant at Rice from 1993-96, helping the Owls to an NIT appearance. Among the players he tutored at Rice was current TCU assistant coach Brent Scott, who was a four-year All-Southwest Conference post player.
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JOHNSON YEAR-BY-YEAR Year School Overall Conference Finish 1999-00 Nevada 9-20 (.310) 6-10 (.375) 3rd Big West 2000-01 Nevada 10-18 (.357) 3-13 (.188) 9th WAC 2001-02 Nevada 17-13 (.567) 9-9 (.500) t-5th WAC 2002-03 Nevada 18-14 (.563) 11-7 (.611) t-3rd WAC # 2003-04 Nevada 25-9 (.735) 13-5 (.722) 1st WAC *^& Totals Nevada 79-74 (.516) 42-44 (.488) 1*, 1^, 1& Year School Overall Conference Finish 2004-05 Stanford 18-13 (.581) 11-7 (.611) t-3rd Pac-10 @ 2005-06 Stanford 16-14 (.533) 11-7 (.611) t-4th Pac-10 % 2006-07 Stanford 18-13 (.581) 10-8 (.556) 6th Pac-10 @ 2007-08 Stanford 28-7 (.800) 13-5 (.722) 2nd Pac-10 & Totals Stanford 80-47 (.630) 45-27 (.625) 1 #, 2 @, 1% Year School Overall Conference 2008-09 LSU 27-8 (.800) 13-3 (.813) 2009-10 LSU 11-20 (.355) 2-14 (.125) 2010-11 LSU 11-21 (.344) 3-13 (.188) 2011-12 LSU 18-15 (.545) 7-9 (.438) Totals LSU 67-64 (.511) 25-39 (.391)
Finish 1st SEC *! 12th SEC 12th SEC 8th SEC # 1*, 1!, 1#
Other coaching stops on Johnson’s resume include Washington (198992) and his first Division I coaching job at Utah (1986-89), where he first established his abilities as a top recruiter.
Year School Overall 2012-13 TCU 11-21 (.344) Totals TCU 11-21 (.344)
Johnson got his coaching start at the prep level, serving as an assistant coach at Boise High School from 1980-85. Johnson played college basketball at Boise State (1974-78), finishing among the program’s top-10 career leaders in both scoring and rebounding. In his sophomore season (1975-76), the Broncos won the Big Sky Tournament and advanced to the NCAA Tournament.
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Conference Finish 2-16 (.111) 10th Big 12 2-16 (.111) 10th Big 12 Finish
* - Conference Regular-Season Title (2) ^ - Conference Tourney Title (1) & - NCAA Sweet 16 (2) ! - NCAA Second Round (1) @ - NCAA First Round (2) % - NIT Second Round (1) # - NIT First Round (2)