On Thursday, former Stanford Men's Basketball coach Trent Johnson was announced as the new leader of the LSU Fighting Tiger Men's Basketball team. Johnson is the first full-time African-American head coach for Men's athletics in Louisiana State University history.
Johnson is replacing the former Tiger coach, John Brady, who was asked to step-down as the LSU Head Coach on February 8. Brady now has taken over the head coaching position at Arkansas State University.
Johnson was the Stanford Cardinal head basketball coach for four years, and in those four years had a record of 80-48 and 87-71 in Pac-10 play. He was named the Pac-10 coach of the year for the 2008 season.
Before his job at Stanford, Coach Johnson was the coach at Nevada. In his last season at Nevada he brought the Wolf Pack to the NCAA Sweet 16 for the first time in school history, tying the school record for most wins in a single season at 25.
Trent Johnson has no ties to LSU or even the state of Louisiana. He attended Boise State University and finished in the top-ten in scoring and rebounding. During his final season the Broncos won the Big-Sky tournament and went on to the NCAA Tournament. Upon graduation from Boise State, Johnson received his Bachelor of Science degree in Physical Education.
Personal Bio:
Trent Johnson was born September 12, 1956 in Berkeley, California. He grew up in Seatle, Washington and graduated high school from Franklin High School. Trent and his wife Jackie have two children, Tinishia and Terry. Tinishia is 24 and their son Terry is 21.
College Coaching Career:
Utah: Assistant Coach from 1986-89
Washington: Assistant Coach from 1989-92
Rice: Assistant Coach from 1992-96
Stanford: Assistant Coach from 1996-99
Nevada: Head Coach from 1999-04
Stanford: Head Coach from 2004-08
LSU: Head Coach from 2008-Present
Trent Johnson was announced as the new men's basketball coach by LSU's future Athletic Director Joe Alleva. Alleva will become LSU's Athletic Director on July 1,2008. He will be taking over for the current Athletic Director, and Tiger Baseball legend, Skip Bertman.
Tiger Fans are anxious to see the outcome of Coach Johnson's first season. Johnson is ready to get this started in Baton Rouge and in some people's eyes the future looks bright with Johnson under the controls.
In my personal opinion Trent Johnson is a great hire for LSU. Actually, anyone would be better than John Brady, but Tiger Nation is glad to have him.
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6 months ago
Nice article. I think LSU has done well with their last two hires, both Alleva and TJ. It is now up to the Tiger fans to let him build a program, knowing it may take a little time, but I certainly see brighter days ahead for the basketball program. Geaux Tigers!
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