Damon S. Johnson (born March 1, 1974) is an American former professional basketball player who played in the Icelandic Úrvalsdeild and the Spanish

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. He won the Icelandic national championship three times and was voted the Úrvalsdeild foreign player of the year twice. A naturalized Icelandic citizen, he played with the Iceland national basketball team in 2003.

Icelandic national team

Johnson played five games for the Iceland national basketball team during the

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, where he averaged 17.3 points per game, helping Iceland finishing second.

Coaching career

Johnson was an assistant coach for King University from 2010 to 2012 and later for East Tennessee State women's basketball team. In 2019 he was hired as the head coach of Providence Academy í Johnson City.

Awards and honours

Iceland

*2x Úrvalsdeild Foreign Player of the year (1999, 2002) * Úrvalsdeild Domestic All-First team (2003) *3x Icelandic champion (1997, 1999, 2003) *2x Icelandic Cup champion (1997, 2003) *3x Icelandic Company Cup champion (1996, 1998, 2002)

Spain

* Spanish LEB All-Star Game (2000)

References

External links

*Profile a
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Eurobasket.com Profile
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