Success has followed Johnson at nearly every stop in his career. With Southwest Baptist the team made the NCAA Division II Tournament. At Cal State Northridge the team tied for first in the Big West. In his first season at Utah, the Utes won a share of the regular season Mountain West title, were 25th in the final AP poll and earned a No. 5 seed in the NCAA Tournament. With Arizona State, Johnson helped the team to the NCAA Tournament in 2014. And at Marquette, Johnson was part of two NCAA Tournament squads. It was also Johnson who recruited Markus Howard — an eventual two-time consensus All-American — first to Arizona State but then convinced him to change his commitment to Marquette when Johnson made his move from ASU to Marquette in the 2015 offseason. Howard ended his career as the all-time leading scorer for the Golden Eagles (and remains so), having averaged 21.6 points across four seasons.
--Cache Valley Daily