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Vickie Johnson (born April 15, 1972) is an American former basketball player and assistant coach of the
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. She was previously the head coach of the
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in the WNBA. Johnson is the former head coach of the
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. Upon the sale and relocation of the Stars, Johnson was hired by head coach
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as an assistant coach of the
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, the Stars' decedent team.


Early years

Johnson grew up in
Coushatta, Louisiana Coushatta is a town in, and the parish seat of, rural Red River Parish in north Louisiana, United States. It is situated on the east bank of the Red River. The community is approximately 45 miles south of Shreveport on U.S. Highway 71. The pop ...
. Johnson was a letter-man in basketball and track and field. In track and field, she was the Louisiana State Champion on the long jump as a senior.


College years

Vickie Johnson was a two-time All-American and
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MVP at
Louisiana Tech University Louisiana Tech University (Louisiana Tech, La. Tech, or simply Tech) is a public university, public research university in Ruston, Louisiana, United States. It is part of the University of Louisiana System and Carnegie Classification of Institu ...
. She led the Lady Techsters to the 1994 NCAA Championship Game, was named Sun Belt Conference Player of the Year in 1995 and earned Louisiana Player of the Year honors in 1996. She finished her career at Louisiana Tech with 1,891 career points and 831 rebounds and was inducted into the
Louisiana Tech Athletic Hall of Fame The Louisiana Tech University Athletic Hall of Fame was established in 1984 to honor student-athletes, coaches, administrators, and benefactors who have been highly successful at Louisiana Tech and who have distinguished themselves professionally. T ...
in 2007. She graduated from Louisiana Tech in 1996.


WNBA career

Johnson was selected 12th overall in the second round of the inaugural
WNBA Elite draft The 1997 WNBA draft was the 1st draft held by the WNBA through which teams could select new players from a talent pool of college and professional women's basketball players. Unlike later drafts, this draft was unique because there were three d ...
in 1997, which was composed of professional women's basketball players who had competed in other leagues, usually international leagues. She was a two-time WNBA all-star and was the first New York Liberty player to record 2000 points. In June 2005 in honor of Johnson's 3,000 points scored, Sandy Levine, owner of the world-famous Carnegie Deli in
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, created the VJ Classic sandwich, a belly-busting sandwich. Johnson ended an eight-year career with the Liberty by signing with the San Antonio Silver Stars on February 9, 2006. Johnson retired from play at the end of 2009 season. She ended her career with the most games played out of all of the draftees from the 1997 Elite Draft (410 games played) with Wendy Palmer (9th pick of the Elite Draft) having the 2nd most games played at 311. Johnson's final WNBA game ever was played in Game 3 of the 2009 Western Conference First Round on September 21, 2009 against the
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. Despite Johnson's incredible performance of 24 points, 6 rebounds, 2 assists and 3 steals, the Silver Stars would lose the game 92 - 100 and be eliminated from the playoffs.


Career statistics


WNBA career statistics


Regular season

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Playoffs

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College

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Coaching record

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European career

* 1996–1997:
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* 1997–1998: W Bordeaux Basket * 1998–2000: Lachen Ramat Hasharon * 2000–2001: Elitzur Cellcom Holon * 2004–2005: Trentino Rovereto Basket * 2005–2007: MiZo Pécs * 2007–2008:
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References


External links


WNBA player profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Johnson, Vickie 1972 births Living people All-American college women's basketball players American expatriate basketball people in France American expatriate basketball people in Hungary American expatriate basketball people in Israel American expatriate basketball people in Italy American expatriate basketball people in Turkey American women's basketball coaches American women's basketball players Basketball coaches from Louisiana Basketball players from Louisiana Dallas Wings coaches Galatasaray S.K. (women's basketball) players Las Vegas Aces coaches Louisiana Tech Lady Techsters basketball players New York Liberty draft picks New York Liberty players Parade High School All-Americans (girls' basketball) People from Coushatta, Louisiana San Antonio Stars coaches San Antonio Stars players Shooting guards Tarbes Gespe Bigorre players WNBA All-Stars Atlanta Dream coaches