- Trent Johnson
College coach infobox
Name = Trent Johnson
Sport =Basketball
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DateOfBirth = birth date and age|1956|9|12
Birthplace = flagicon|United StatesBerkeley, California
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College = LSU
Title = Head coach
Awards =
Championships = WAC Tournament Championship (2004)
WAC Regular Season Championship (2004)
CurrentRecord = 0-0
OverallRecord = 159-122
Player = *
Years = 1974–1978
Team = Boise State
Position =
Coach = *
CoachYears = 1980–1985
1986–1989
1989–1992
1992–1996
1996–1999
1999–2004
2004–2008
2008-Present
CoachTeams = Boise HS
Utah (asst.)
Washington (asst.)
Rice (asst.)
Stanford (asst.)
Nevada
Stanford
LSU
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BBallHOF =Trent Johnson (born
September 12 ,1956 inBerkeley, California ) is a men'scollege basketball coach. He is currently the head coach of theLSU Tigers basketball team. Johnson had previously been the head coach atStanford University and Nevada, where he achieved some success in the 2004 NCAA tournament with star playerKirk Snyder and then-freshmanNick Fazekas . [cite news| last=Ratto | first=Ray | title=Nevada busts onto NCAA scene| work=ESPN | date=2004-03-20| accessdate=2008-02-11| url=http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/print?id=1764396&type=story] Johnson had an overall record of 79-74 (.516) in five seasons as the head coach at Nevada.Stanford athletic director Ted Leland had long been impressed with Johnson, a former Stanford assistant, and kept him in mind if
Mike Montgomery ever decided to move on. Less than a week after Montgomery quit to coach the NBA'sGolden State Warriors , Johnson was hired to lead the Cardinal. [cite news|author=Associated Press |title= Johnson introduced as new coach|url=http://sports.espn.go.com/ncb/news/story?id=1808884 |work=ESPN |publisher=|date=2004-04-28 |accessdate=2008-02-11 ]In his four seasons at
Stanford , Trent Johnson had a record of 80-48 (.625). He led the Cardinal to three appearances in the NCAA tournament and one NIT tournament appearance. Johnson's 2007-08 team advanced to the Sweet 16.Johnson's overall record as a head coach is 159-122 (.566).
Johnson graduated from Franklin High School in Seattle in 1974 and played at Boise State from 1974-78. He received his bachelor's degree from in
physical education from BSU in 1983. [ [http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2004/05/26/SPGN06RT1P1.DTL Stanford goes with 'everyman'] ]On
April 10 ,2008 , Johnson was officially named the 21st head coach of the LSU Tigers men's basketball team. [ [http://www.lsusports.net/ViewArticle.dbml?&DB_OEM_ID=5200&ATCLID=1437391 LSU Names Trent Johnson 20th Men's Basketball Head Coach] ] With the hiring, Johnson became the first African American head coach of a men's sports team at LSU.Head coaching record
CBB Yearly Record Start
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conference =
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poll =
poll1 =
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rivalryteam2 = CBB Yearly Record Subhead
name = Nevada
conference= Big West
startyear = 1999
endyear = 2000CBB Yearly Record Entry
championship =
season = 1999-2000
name = Nevada
overall = 9-20
conference = 6-10
confstanding = T-3rd (East)
postseason =
ranking =
ranking2 = CBB Yearly Record Subhead
name = Nevada
conference= WAC
startyear = 2000
endyear = 2004CBB Yearly Record Entry
championship =
season = 2000-2001
name = Nevada
overall = 10-18
conference = 3-13
confstanding = 9th
postseason =
ranking =
ranking2 = CBB Yearly Record Entry
championship =
season = 2001-2002
name = Nevada
overall = 17-13
conference = 9-9
confstanding = T-5th
postseason =
ranking =
ranking2 = CBB Yearly Record Entry
championship =
season = 2002-2003
name = Nevada
overall = 18-14
conference = 10-6
confstanding = T-3rd
postseason = NIT First Round
ranking =
ranking2 = CBB Yearly Record Entry
championship = conference tournament
season = 2003-2004
name = Nevada
overall = 25-9
conference = 13-5
confstanding = T-1st
postseason = NCAA Sweet 16
ranking =
ranking2 = CBB Yearly Record Subtotal
name = Nevada
overall = 79-74
confrecord = CBB Yearly Record Subhead
name = Stanford
conference= Pac-10
startyear = 2004
endyear = 2008CBB Yearly Record Entry
championship =
season = 2004-2005
name = Stanford
overall = 18-13
conference = 11-7
confstanding = T-3rd
postseason = NCAA First Round
ranking =
ranking2 = CBB Yearly Record Entry
championship =
season = 2005-2006
name = Stanford
overall = 16-14
conference = 11-7
confstanding = T-4th
postseason = NIT Second Round
ranking =
ranking2 = CBB Yearly Record Entry
championship =
season = 2006-2007
name = Stanford
overall = 18-13
conference = 10-8
confstanding = 6th
postseason = NCAA First Round
ranking =
ranking2 = CBB Yearly Record Entry
championship =
season = 2007-2008
name = Stanford
overall = 28-8
conference = 13-5
confstanding = 2nd
postseason = NCAA Sweet 16
ranking =
ranking2 = CBB Yearly Record Subtotal
name = Stanford
overall = 80-48
confrecord = 45-27CBB Yearly Record Subhead
name = LSU
conference= SEC
startyear = 2008
endyear = CBB Yearly Record Entry
championship =
season = 2008-2009
name = LSU
overall = 0-0
conference = 0-0
confstanding =
postseason =
ranking =
ranking2 = CBB Yearly Record Subtotal
name = LSU
overall = 0-0
confrecord = 0-0CBB Yearly Record End
overall = 159-122References
External links
* [http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2004/05/26/SPGN06RT1P1.DTL SFGate.com] - hiring of Trent Johnson at Stanford - 26-May-2004
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