Former Wofford standout and assistant coach Tim Johnson will enter his second season with the James Madison men's basketball program as an assistant coach in 2018-19.
In his first season with the Dukes in 2017-18, Johnson played a direct role in the development and excellence of JMU's guards, including Third Team All-CAA selection Stuckey Mosley and CAA All-Rookie picks Matt Lewis and Darius Banks.
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Johnson, who was selected to the Wofford Athletics Hall of Fame in 2016, has spent the last four seasons as an assistant coach for the Terriers after a pair of seasons as a graduate assistant at Wyoming. Since returning to his alma mater, he has helped Wofford win two Southern Conference titles, in addition to the pair he won as a player in Spartanburg.
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"Tim is a young, energetic coach with a passion for developing young men," Rowe said. "He was a great player and he knows how to pass that knowledge on to our guys. He's eager to get started and we're very excited to have him be a part of the program we're building."
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While playing at Wofford, Johnson led the Terriers to Southern Conference Championships--the first two in program history--as both a junior and senior, guiding them to berths in the 2009-10 and 2010-11 NCAA Men's Basketball Championships. He was named All-SoCon at the end of both campaigns and departed Wofford as the only player in the school's Division I era to pull down more than 1,000 rebounds.
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