Kenny Johnson is an American basketball coach who is currently an assistant coach for

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. He was formerly an assistant coach with the La Salle and the

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under former head coach Rick Pitino.

College coaching career

On April 21, 2014, after serving for two seasons as an assistant coach and recruiting coordinator for Tom Crean at

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, Johnson was hired as an assistant coach for Louisville under head coach Rick Pitino, one year after Louisville won the

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. Johnson was placed on administrative leave at Louisville shortly after the

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and FBI investigation into the college basketball program in September 2017 that also resulted in the firing of Pitino, athletic director Tom Jurich and assistant coach Jordan Fair. Johnson was officially fired in November.

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hired Johnson in May 2018 to serve under the new men's basketball coach Ashley Howard. On May 11, 2020, after being named in a Notice of Allegations regarding providing benefits to a recruit at Louisville, Johnson was fired from La Salle. Johnson also held the position of vice president/assistant director of basketball operations for the well-known AAU program TeamTakeover for six years. During that time, he also served as head coach of the program's 16U team.

Personal

Johnson attended

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. He had his playing career cut short by injury in his second season of varsity basketball. Johnson went on to attend the

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, where in 1999 he earned his degree in cell, molecular biology, and genetics. Prior to becoming a college assistant, Johnson was very active in the

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high school coaching circuit. He held assistant positions at Eleanor Roosevelt High School (2002-2006), Dr. Henry Wise High School (2006-2007) and

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(2007-2011).

References

External links

Towson Tigers bio

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