Trent Johnson

Now entering his second season with the Golden Bears, Trent Johnson returned to the Bay Area and reunited with Mark Fox to serve as the team's Deputy Analyst & Director of Player Development in April 2019 after a 17-year head coaching career and nearly four decades in the collegiate coaching business.

Johnson supports day-to-day student-athlete development for the Golden Bears as well as off-court mentorship, game planning and scouting, while also serving as an assistant to Fox.

A Berkeley, Calif., native, Johnson helmed the men’s basketball programs at Nevada (1999-2004), where he was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 2013, as well as at Stanford (2004-08), LSU (2008-2012) and TCU (2012-16). He also served as a collegiate assistant coach at Utah (1986-89), Washington (1989-92), Rice (1992-96). Stanford (1996-99) and Louisville (2017-18).

A former member of the National Association of Basketball Coaches Board of Directors, Johnson’s teams made five NCAA Tournament appearances, including reaching the NCAA Sweet 16 at Nevada and Stanford and reached the postseason eight total times, with three trips to the National Invitation Tournament. Johnson, who owned a 276-264 record as a head coach, has been honored as the conference coach of the year in three different leagues (2003 WAC, 2008 Pac-10 and 2009 SEC).

Like Fox, Johnson got his start as a head coach at Nevada. In 1999, he began a five-year transformation which included hiring Fox on as an assistant in 2000 and culminated in the Wolf Pack earning a 25-9 record in 2003-04. That season, Nevada tied for the WAC regular season title, won the WAC Tournament Championship and reached the program’s first NCAA Sweet 16. The Wolf Pack posted NCAA victories over Michigan State and Gonzaga on its run before falling to eventual national runner-up Georgia Tech. Prior to Johnson’s arrival, Nevada had made just two NCAA tournament appearances in school history and never won an NCAA tournament game.

Following the 2004 season, Johnson headed south to become the head coach at Stanford, succeeding former Cal head coach Mike Montgomery. On the Farm, Johnson became the only coach in program history to guide Stanford to the postseason in each of his first four seasons, advancing to the NCAA Tournament on three occasions and once in the NIT while compiling 80 wins. In 2007-08, the Cardinal reached the NCAA Sweet 16 as a No. 3 seed before finishing with a 28-8 overall record.

Following his Stanford coaching career, Johnson spent four seasons apiece at LSU and then TCU. In his first season in Baton Rouge in 2008-09, he guided LSU to a 27-8 overall record and the SEC regular-season championship. His Tiger squad produced the third-most victories in a season in program history. Johnson remained at LSU through 2011-12, when the Tigers posted an 18-15 overall record and an NIT first-round appearance, before he departed for TCU.

During Johnson’s time at TCU, the Horned Frogs claimed a victory over No. 5 Kansas, and his 2013-14 TCU team opened the season 13-0 and rose as high as No. 25 in the AP Top 25.

Johnson graduated from Franklin High School in Seattle and played collegiate basketball at Boise State (1974-78), where he ranks among the school’s career leaders with 1,115 points and 702 rebounds. As a sophomore, Johnson helped lead the Broncos to the Big Sky Tournament championship title and an NCAA Tournament berth. He earned All-Big Sky honors as a senior. Following his collegiate career, Johnson played professionally for the Washington Lumberjacks of the Western Basketball League. He returned to Boise State after his playing days to complete his degree in physical education in 1986.

Johnson and his wife, Jackie, have two adult children: a daughter, Tinishia, and a son, Terry.