to the Twin Cities and the Gophers for his two remaining seasons. There, he finished with 533 points in 59 games for Minnesota (1,202 career collegiate points). He began his coaching career at the University of Dayton, with stops at the University of Texas–Pan American then four years as assistant coach at Northern Iowa in a pivotal program that won at least 20 games in all four years. He was an assistant coach at the University of Nebraska for a year, then worked for the Gopher program as an assistant coach and recruiter from 2013 to 2018. He is credited with recruitment and development of local standouts Daniel Oturu, Amir Coffey, and Jordan Murphy. In 2018 he made the move to Xavier, where he similarly excelled at recruitment (consecutive top-30 recruiting classes for 2019 and 2020), while posting a three-season record of 51–37. Now named to helm the Gophers for the 2021–22 season, Johnson is a seasoned leader and recruiter who brings a depth of local relationships and proven abilities to the role. Awards Big Ten MVP Chuck Mencel – 1955 Jim Brewer – 1972 Mychal Thompson – 1978 Bobby Jackson – 1997 (later revoked due to the academic fraud scandal) Big Ten Coach of the Year Jim Dutcher – 1982 Clem Haskins – 1997 (later revoked due to the academic fraud scandal) Richard Pitino – 2017 Henry Iba Award (National Coach of the Year) Clem Haskins – 1997 Big Ten Defensive Player of the Year Bobby Jackson – 1997 (later revoked due to the academic fraud scandal) Travarus Bennett – 2002 Reggie Lynch – 2017 Big Ten Freshman of the Year Rick Rickert – 2002 Kris Humphries – 2004 Consensus All-Americans Jim McIntyre – 1948 Dick Garmaker – 1955 Mychal Thompson – 1978 Academic All-American Blake Hoffarber – 2011 (2nd Team) Post-season The Gophers enjoyed fairly regular post season appearances under former coach Clem Haskins, making the post season in 10 of his 13 seasons as coach (6 NCAA tournament, 4 NIT), including all of his last 8 seasons. The team advanced to one Final 4, one Elite 8, one Sweet 16, one second round appearance, and suffered two first round losses. However, after the academic fraud scandal in 1999, the last 6 years of post season records were wiped out. So officially, the Gophers made 2 NCAA Tournament and 2 NIT appearances in the 13 years Haskins was