Coach Johnson joined the Minot State men's basketball staff in July of 2023 as an assistant coach.
A former Minot State player who also played professionally with the Jacksonville Giants of the ABA in 2016, and with the Kentucky Mavericks of the PBL in 2016-17, and TBL in 2017-18, Coach Johnson also played semi-pro basketball tournaments in China, Germany, and Lithuania with Worldvision Sports.
A product of Lufkin, Texas who started his collegiate career at Cedar Valley College (Texas), Johnson played two seasons at Minot State (2011-13) averaging 13.3 points, 6.1 rebounds, and 1.1 assists per game with 37 blocked shots and 53 steals.
Stepping off the court and into a coaching role, Johnson has experience with AAU basketball in Phoenix, Arizona with Zone6 on the Adidas Circuit, as well as experience coaching at the middle school and high school levels and was Director of basketball Operations for JustHoop Basketball based in Phoenix for three years while running his basketball training business JoshCJohnsontraining.
Johnson also was head girls basketball coach at North Valley Christian Academy (Arizona) in 2019-20 and assistant coach for the boys team, which was 20-1 for the season and NVCA 2020-2021 AIA State Champion.
