Damon Johnson (basketball)
 Damon Johnson with Keflavík in 2015. | |||||||||||||||
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| Born | March 1, 1974 | ||||||||||||||
| Nationality | American / Icelandic | ||||||||||||||
| Listed height | 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) | ||||||||||||||
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| High school | Science Hill (Johnson City, Tennessee) | ||||||||||||||
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King University (assistant) | |||||||||||||||
| 2012–2013 | East Tennessee State (assistant) | ||||||||||||||
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Damon S. Johnson (born March 1, 1974) is an American former professional
Úrvalsdeild foreign player of the year twice.[2][3][4][5] A naturalized Icelandic citizen, he played with the Iceland national basketball team
in 2003.
Icelandic national team
Johnson played five games for the Iceland national basketball team[6] during the 2003 Games of the Small States of Europe, where he averaged 17.3 points per game, helping Iceland finishing second.[7]
Coaching career
Johnson was an assistant coach for
King University from 2010 to 2012 and later for East Tennessee State women's basketball team. In 2019 he was hired as the head coach of Providence Academy í Johnson City.[8]
Awards and honours
Iceland
- 2x Úrvalsdeild Foreign Player of the year(1999, 2002)
- Úrvalsdeild Domestic All-First team (2003)
- 3x Icelandic champion (1997, 1999, 2003)
- 2x Icelandic Cup champion (1997, 2003)
- 3x Icelandic Company Cup champion (1996, 1998, 2002)
Spain
- Spanish LEB All-Star Game (2000)
References
- Mbl.is(in Icelandic). February 21, 2004. Retrieved August 24, 2017.
- ^ Viðurkenningar - Besti erlendi leikmaður úrvalsdeildar karla
- ^ "Mikil blessun fyrir mig að fá þetta tækifæri". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). August 13, 2014. Retrieved August 24, 2017.
- ^ Jónsson, Óskar Ófeigur (March 11, 2015). "41 árs en samt gríðarlega mikilvægur fyrir Keflavíkurliðið". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved August 24, 2017.
- ^ "Damon Johnson fyrr og nú". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). March 31, 2015. Retrieved August 24, 2017.
- ^ A-landslið karla
- ^ Sigurður Elvar Þórólfsson (June 6, 2003). "Á eftir að læra þjóðsönginn". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). Retrieved August 31, 2018.
- ^ Óskar Ófeigur Jónsson (March 26, 2019). "Damon Johnson orðinn aðalþjálfari". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved March 26, 2019.
External links
- Profile at KKI.is
- Profile at fiba.com
- Eurobasket.com Profile
- Liga ACB stats at basketball-reference.com
- College stats at sports-reference.com