Terry Johnson (basketball)
{{short description|American basketball coach}}
{{Use American English|date=June 2017}}
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| current_title = Assistant coach
| current_team = Purdue
| current_conference = Big Ten
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| birth_place = Philippi, West Virginia
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| player_years1 = 1992–1994
| player_team1 = Lincoln Trail CC
| player_years2 = 1994–1996
| player_team2 = Lamar
| player_years3 = 1996–1997
| player_team3 = Fort Wayne
| coach_years1 = 1997–1999
| coach_team1 = Fort Wayne (assistant)
| coach_years2 = 1999–2001
| coach_team2 = Indiana Tech (assistant)
| coach_years3 = 2001–2003
| coach_team3 = Lincoln Trail CC (assistant)
| coach_years4 = 2006–2007
| coach_team4 = Fort Wayne (assistant)
| coach_years5 = 2007–2017
| coach_team5 = Butler (assistant)
| coach_years6 = 2017–2021
| coach_team6 = Ohio State (assistant)
| coach_years7 = 2021–present
| coach_team7= Purdue (assistant)
| admin_years1 = 2003–2004
| admin_team1 = Auburn (administrative position)
| admin_years2 = 2004–2006
| admin_team2 = Butler (DBO)
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Terry Johnson is an American basketball coach and former player. He played college basketball at two schools, Lincoln Trail College and Lamar. He is currently an assistant coach at Purdue. He has previously been an assistant coach at Fort Wayne, Indiana Tech, Lincoln Trail College, Butler, and Ohio State.
Playing career
Johnson was a three-sport athlete at Anderson High School (IN), and a two-sport athlete in college. He played baseball and basketball in college,{{Cite web|url=https://www.indystar.com/story/sports/college/butler/2016/02/23/amid-plenty-change-butler-basketball-has-one-constant-coach-tee/80807956/ |first=David|last=Woods|title=Amid plenty of change, Butler basketball has one constant: Coach Tee|website=IndyStar}} starting at Lincoln Trail College. He transferred to Lamar Cardinals men's basketball playing the two sports again. In a rare occurrence, Johnson transferred a second time, this time to Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne. In 1997, playing baseball, he was named All-Conference, team MVP, and co-Male Athlete of the year. He earned his bachelor's degree from Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne in 1998. He earned his master's degree in sports administration from Western Kentucky in 2011.
Coaching career
He started his coaching career at his alma mater immediately after graduating, at Fort Wayne. In 1999, he left for an assistant coaching job at Indiana Tech. He stayed there until 2001, when took a job at the first college he played for, Lincoln Trail College.
After being with one school in the NCAA, and two schools outside the NCAA in six years, he switched to being an administrator. He first was an administrator at Auburn from 2003–2004. Johnson got back into basketball in 2004 with Butler. There, he was the director of basketball operations, who is in charge of the financial and planning aspects of the program.{{Cite web|url=https://www.testudotimes.com/2014/5/21/5738070/director-of-basketball-operations-job-description|first=Pete|last=Volk|title=What does a director of basketball operations do?|website=Testudo Times|date=May 21, 2014 }} He returned to his alma mater, which had joined Division-1 2001 after he had left, in 2006. It was his second stint as an assistant coach there.
He finally got his big break in 2007 when he was brought back to Butler under current Boston Celtics head coach Brad Stevens. He spent the next ten years there under Stevens, Brandon Miller, and Chris Holtmann. At Butler, he was the defensive coordinator, but he was involved with every aspect of the program.{{Cite web|url=https://butlersports.com/coaches.aspx?rc=146|title=Terry Johnson 2013–14 Men's Basketball Coaching Staff|website=Butler Athletics}} In his assistant coaching career at Butler, the program's record was 250–97 (.72 winning percentage).
He got his first coaching job in the Big Ten in 2017, when he left Butler with Holtmann to join the Ohio State. Ohio State has made two NCAA men's basketball tournaments with Johnson as an assistant coach.{{Cite web|url=https://ohiostatebuckeyes.com/coach/terry-johnson/
|title=Terry Johnson, Ohio State Buckeyes|website=Ohio State Athletics}}
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