Phil Johnson (basketball, born 1941)
| Personal information | |
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| Born |
September 6, 1941 Grace, Idaho |
| Nationality | American |
| Career information | |
| High school | Grace (Grace, Idaho) |
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| Coaching career | 1963–2011 |
| Career history | |
| As coach: | |
| 1963–1964 | Utah State (freshmen) |
| 1964–1968 | Weber State (assistant) |
| 1968–1971 | Weber State |
| 1971–1973 | Chicago Bulls (assistant) |
| 1973–1978 | Kansas City-Omaha/Kansas City Kings |
| 1979–1982 | Chicago Bulls (assistant) |
| 1982 | Chicago Bulls (interim) |
| 1982–1984 | Utah Jazz (assistant) |
| 1984–1988 | Kansas City/Sacramento Kings |
| 1988–2011 | Utah Jazz (assistant) |
| Career highlights and awards | |
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Philip Donald "Phil" Johnson (born September 6, 1941) is a former college basketball player and a former basketball coach. He played college basketball at Utah State University and Weber State, and has coached collegiately at Weber State University.
Philip Donald Johnson, a native of Grace, Idaho, graduated from Grace High School in 1959. He attended Utah State University for one year before transferring to Weber Junior College in Ogden, Utah where he played on the Weber Wildcats basketball team for one season. In 1961, Johnson returned to Utah State University and played two years on the Utah State Aggies basketball team. Playing under coach LaDell Andersen, Johnson was part of Utah State teams that made the NCAA tournaments of 1962 and 1963. Johnson averaged 12.3 points and 7.1 rebounds in his senior season and graduated from Utah State in 1963 with a B.S. in physical education, and in 1964 he completed his master's degree.
Johnson began his coaching career in the 1963–64 season as the freshman basketball team coach at Utah State. In 1964, Johnson became an assistant coach under Dick Motta at Weber State College (formerly Weber Junior College). In four seasons with Johnson as an assistant, Weber State finished at the top of the Big Sky Conference in 1965, 1966, and 1968 and made the 1968 NCAA Tournament.
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