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2023–24 Southern Jaguars Basketball Team
The 2023–24 Southern Jaguars basketball team represented Southern University during the 2023–24 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Jaguars, led by first-year head coach Kevin Johnson (basketball coach), Kevin Johnson, played their home games at the F. G. Clark Center in Baton Rouge, Louisiana as members of the Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC). They finished the season 18–14, 12–6 in SWAC play, to finish in a tie for third place. As the No. 4 seed in the SWAC tournament, they lost to 2023–24 Bethune–Cookman Wildcats men's basketball team, Bethune–Cookman in the quarterfinals. Previous season The 2022–23 Southern Jaguars basketball team, Jaguars finished the 2022–23 NCAA Division I men's basketball season, 2022–23 season 15–17, 11–7 in SWAC play, to finish in fourth place. As the #4 seed in the 2023 SWAC men's basketball tournament, SWAC tournament, they were defeated by #5 seed 2022–23 Alabama A&M Bulldogs basketball team, Alabama A&M. O ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kevin Johnson (basketball Coach)
Kevin Johnson (born November 11, 1966) is an American basketball coach who is the current head coach of the Southern Jaguars men's basketball team. Playing career Johnson played at Texas Pan–American (now UT Rio Grande Valley) under Lon Kruger for two seasons. In his senior year, he averaged 16.2 points per game and earned American South Conference First-Team honors. He'd embark on a professional career in England, playing one season for the Leicester Riders, and two seasons with the Oldham Celtics, acting as player/coach for the latter. Coaching career After his first year of playing abroad, Johnson returned stateside for a one-year stint as an assistant coach at Northwestern State. Once his playing career was completed he spent four years as an assistant coach at Bryan High School in Texas before rejoining his alma mater as an assistant coach for the 1996–1997 season. In 1997, he'd join Billy Kennedy's staff at Centenary and when Kennedy departed for the head coaching p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |