UCI loses Johnson to USC
Mike Johnson, an assistant coach last season with the UC Irvine men’s
basketball team, has been hired as an assistant at USC, the Trojans
announced Monday.
Johnson, 34, helped the Anteaters post a 20-9 record in 2002-03,
including a second-place finish in the Big West Conference. Johnson’s
assignments at Irvine included working with the post players and
recruiting for Coach Pat Douglass.
Prior to coaching at UCI, he spent nine seasons as an assistant at
Cal State Northridge, the final three as the program’s first
associate head coach. He worked with the Matador post players and
also coordinated the offense. He also served as recruiting
coordinator at Northridge and was responsible for the 1997-98 class
that included Brian Heinle, the program’s career scoring leader.
Heinle is playing professionally in Europe.
A 1991 graduate of Purdue, Johnson was an undergraduate assistant
for Boilermakers Coach Gene Keady for three seasons, from 1988-91.
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