Chris Johnson

Chris Johnson

Chris Johnson is in his third season as an assistant coach with the Fighting Sioux men’s basketball team.

Prior to joining the UND coaching staff, Johnson spent the 2004-05 season as head coach at Culver-Stockton College, a National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) school in Canton, Mo. In his lone season as head coach, Johnson led the Wildcats to a 16-15 record, an improvement from the team’s 12-19 record the season prior to his arrival.

He was named 2004-05 Heart of America Athletic Conference Coach of the Year after guiding the team to the first home conference playoff game in program history.

Prior to arriving at Culver-Stockton, Johnson served as an assistant coach at Minot State from 2001-04. Before that he served as an assistant at Minnesota State, Mankato (1999-2001) and Central College (1998-99) in Pella, Iowa.

Johnson was a two-year starter as a guard, lettering four times, at Central College and graduated in 1998 with a bachelor’s degree in exercise science. He received a master’s degree in sports administration from Minnesota State, Mankato, in 2005.