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Terry Johnson (Purdue Assistant BBall Coach)

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Terry Johnson
, who helped run the Bulldog's defense under Holtmann. Johnson has been an assistant at Butler for 11 years, starting with the 2007 season. Prior to that, he was an assistant at his alma mater, IPFW, during the 2006-2007, after serving as director of basketball operations for the Bulldogs from 2004-2006. Johnson was at Auburn before that, in an administrative role during the 2003-2004 campaign, also serving as an assistant at Lincoln Trail Junior College from 2001-2003, an assistant at Indiana Tech from 1999-2001, and an assistant at IPFW from 19997-1999.
http://ohiostate.247sports.com/Bolt/Holtmanns-staff-rounding-into-shape-53155491
 
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Johnson is as close one can get to being a Butler lifer without actually being an alum of the university.

He was playing ball at Hinkle Fieldhouse on the morning of his wedding. His wife is a Butler grad. His twin boys took their first steps on the court at Hinkle. Seriously. He built tight bonds at Butler through 10 years on the bench and various coaching regimes.

Johnson's time at Butler coincided with the Bulldogs' unlikely back-to-back runs to the national championship game. He was on the bench when Gordon Hayward's potential game-winning heave at the buzzer vs. Duke in the 2010 national championship hit backboard then rim, and bounced out. Johnson thought the shot looked good.

He never got that national title ring, but gained the knowledge of what it takes to get a team to that level. He's bringing that to Columbus.

"We didn't finish that off like we wanted to," Johnson said. "It's an addicting feeling. The NCAA Tournament is an addicting feeling, and when you're able to advance through the weekend? It's so much fun. There's no words for it really. You're just in the moment and it's a fun thing."

http://www.cleveland.com/osu/2017/06/a_coach_k_protege_an_ohio_nati_1.html#incart_river_index
 
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Terry Johnson is a very good coach. He's one of the main reasons that Holtmann has had good defensive teams at Butler and at OSU.

He just doesn't do much recruiting. He's rarely the lead recruiter on a guy. I don't think he's been the lead recruiter on any of our current guys or commitments. He may have landed some good players during all his years at Butler, that I wouldn't know as much about.
 
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Terry Johnson is a very good coach. He's one of the main reasons that Holtmann has had good defensive teams at Butler and at OSU.

He just doesn't do much recruiting. He's rarely the lead recruiter on a guy. I don't think he's been the lead recruiter on any of our current guys or commitments. He may have landed some good players during all his years at Butler, that I wouldn't know as much about.
Well, he is going to have to get off of the couch now and do some heavy lifting in the recruiting process with Schrage gone.
 
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After huge win, Ohio State's Holtmann shared testimonial for his assistant coach Johnson

On Thursday night, Ohio State wore special T-shirts during pregame warmups for its game at Iowa in the program’s continuing campaign to raise awareness of social inequality issues.

On the front, the black T-shirts said “This game is no secret.” On the back was the word “Eracism.”

Following his team’s landmark 89-85 win over the eighth-ranked Hawkeyes, OSU coach Chris Holtmann spent some of his postgame press conference explaining the inspiration for those shirts. He then also took a minute or so to provide a testimonial for his assistant coach Terry Johnson, whom he hopes will have opportunities to become a college head coach.

Holtmann saw one of his assistants, Mike Schrage, leave in the spring of 2019 to become the head coach at Elon University. Ryan Pedon, a current OSU assistant, has also been approached with head coaching opportunities in his time on Holtmann’s staff.

In his comments Thursday, Holtmann said Johnson, who also served as an assistant with him at Butler, is deserving of such an opportunity on well.

“We have a guy on our staff, Terry Johnson, who I believe in at an unbelievably high level,” Holtmann said. “I believe he deserves an opportunity. Terry has handled our defense from Butler through Ohio State. He’s been a part of every team we’ve had that’s gone to the NCAA Tournament.

“He’s got an unbelievable relationship with guys. Part of the reason I feel compelled to work so hard in this job is to help guys have opportunities. I really believe that he deserves an opportunity. Part of what we’re doing with this particular game … is bringing awareness hopefully for increased opportunities for African-American coaches in our profession.

“Particularly, I think Terry Johnson is deserving of one. I appreciate you allowing for me to indulge for a minute on that point.”
Pedon has coordinated OSU’s offense, while Johnson and Jake Diebler have worked together on defense and Diebler also involved heavily in recruiting. Holtmann said Johnson is not the kind of person to toot his own horn.

“He is not a self promoter and in this business sometimes if you’re not a self promoter sometimes it gets you,” Holtmann said. “But he is a guy who is an excellent basketball coach. Anybody who has played for Terry Johnson or coached with him feels the same way.”

Entire article: https://247sports.com/college/ohio-...ry-Johnson-deserves-an-opportunity-160541669/
 
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