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Impact Players Under Stan Johnson
- Cam Shelton - LMU
- First Team All-WCC (2023)
- WCC's leading scorer (2023)
- Lou Henson Award All-America Team (2023)
- NABC DI All-District First Team (2023)
- USBWA All-District First Team (2023)
- Lou Henson Award National Player of the Year Finalist (2023)
- Eli Scott - LMU
- First Team All-WCC (2021)
- Second Team All-WCC (2022)
- Lou Henson Award Midseason Watch List (2021)
- Markus Howard - Marquette
- Consensus first-team All-American (2020)
- Consensus second-team All-American (2019)
- NCAA season scoring leader (2020)
- Big East Player of the Year (2019)
- 2× First-team All-Big East (2019, 2020)
- Second-team All-Big East (2018)
- Big East All-Freshman Team (2017)
- Henry Ellenson - Marquette
- 18th overall pick in 2016 NBA Draft
- First-team All-Big East (2016)
- Big East Rookie of the Year (2016)
- Jahii Carson - Arizona State
- 2× First-team All-Pac-12 (2013, 2014)
- Pac-12 co-Freshman of the Year (2013)
- Pac-12 All-Freshman Team (2013)
- Ben Simons - Drake
- MVC Most Improved Team (2012)
- Second Team All-MVC (2012)
- Luke Nevill - Utah
- MWC Player of the Year (2009)
- MWC Defensive Player of the Year (2009)
- MWC All-Defensive Team (2009)
- First-team All-MWC (2009)
- Second-team All-MWC (2008)
- Third-team All-MWC (2007)
- Sheldon Pace - Southwest Baptist
- Southwest Baptist Hall of Fame Inductee (2012)
- Bob Cousy Award Finalist (2006)
- 1st Team All-American - (Basketball Times - 2006)
- 2nd Team All-American - (Daktronics, D2Bulletin - 2006)
- All-American – (NABC – 2006)
- 1st Team All-Region - (Daktronics - 2006)
- Regional All-Tournament Team - (2006)
- MIAA Player of the Year (2006)
- MIAA Defensive Player of the Year (2006)
- MIAA Tournament MVP (2006)
- 1st Team All-MIAA (2005, 06)
Loyola Marymount University named Stan Johnson as its new men's basketball head coach on March 20, 2020.
In Johnson's third season at LMU, he did something that no other coach in West Coast Conference history has ever done. Johnson's Lions beat Gonzaga, Saint Mary's, and BYU all in the same season, with two of those wins coming with the Zags and Gaels holding top-15 rankings. The Lions earned the highest ranked win in program history on Jan. 19, 2023, by defeating the sixth-ranked Gonzaga Bulldogs in Spokane and ending GU's 75-game home win streak, run of 93 straight wins over unranked teams, and 25 consecutive wins over the Lions. Johnson's Lions beat their second nationally ranked team on Feb. 9, 2023, as LMU defended home court and beat 15th-ranked Saint Mary's at Gersten Pavilion becoming the first LMU basketball team with multiple wins over top-15 programs and multiple wins over ranked teams for the first time in over a decade. In total, LMU beat four NCAA Tournament teams in 2022-23, with LMU defeating both Nevada and Grand Canyon in consecutive games in the non-conference. The Lions also won the Jamaica Classic in November of 2022 with wins over Georgetown and Wake Forest in Montego Bay.
LMU won 19 games in Johnson's third year, the third-most since 1990. By the numbers, 2022-23 saw achievements that few LMU team had done in over three decades. The Lions won 10 non-conference games for just the third time since 1988 and won nine WCC contests for the second time since 1991. The success in conference play resulted in a fourth-place finish and LMU's first double-bye into the WCC Tournament in 11 seasons. Johnson is the first LMU coach with a third and fourth place finish on his resume since 1992.
Under Johnson's tutelage, Cam Shelton was named to the All-WCC First Team after leading the WCC in overall scoring at 21.23 ppg and scoring in conference games at 23.31 ppg. Shelton had the most 30-point games in the WCC in 2022-23 and became the first LMU player since Terrell Lowery in 1992 to score 40-points in a game. Shelton was WCC Player of the Week three times, named as a Lou Henson Award National Player of the Year finalist, and was named the Lou Henson Award National Player of the Week after leading LMU to the win over Gonzaga in Spokane.
Keli Leaupepe was named to the WCC Honorable Mention Team, and both of Johnson's captains, Shelton and Leaupepe, were named to the WCC All-Academic Team. The Lions set another new program-record team GPA in Winter of 2022 and had four players make the Dean's List that semester.
In 2024-25, Johnson led LMU to two separate win streaks of five games apiece. The Lions closed out non-conference play with five wins in a row and then, for the first time since 1991, won five consecutive wins in conference play. Johnson became the first head coach at LMU to have three winning seasons in a five-year span since Paul Westhead in 1990.
For the second time in the last three years, the LMU Men's Basketball team left foreign soil as MTE Champions. The Lions followed their 2022 Jamaica Classic title with a second in-season tournament title during his tenure leading the Lions. The Lions defeated Belmont in the opening game of the tournament and then overcame a 10-point deficit with less than six minutes to play in the second half to clinch the Championship.
Following the season, Jevon Porter and Caleb Stone-Carrawell were named to the All-WCC Honorable Mention team. For the fourth consecutive, LMU men's basketball had two players selected to the West Coast Conference's All-Academic Team. Rick Issanza and Alex Merkviladze have been voted to the league's All-Academic team with Lamaj Lewis earning Honorable Mention recognition.
The 2020-21 season saw meteoric growths across the board for LMU men’s basketball. The Lions finished in the top three of the West Coast Conference standings for the first time since 2005-06. In his first season as head coach, Stan Johnson guided his team through the COVID-19 pandemic and posted a winning record in the WCC for the first time since 2011-12.
LMU has posted a top-100 ranking in the NCAA’s NET, college basketball’s comprehensive metric that takes into account record, quality opponents faced, and game location, among others. LMU’s 95 ranking is the highest NET (or RPI at that time) since the Elite Eight season of 1990.
Four Lions received All-WCC recognition this season, including Eli Scott’s selection as a First Team All-Conference selection, Jalin Anderson being named to the All-Freshman team, and Dameane Douglas and Keli Leaupepe each receiving honorable mention team selections. As a team, the Lions posted the most 20+ point wins since 1990-91.
Off the court, Johnson's team recorded a program-record GPA in his first semester as head coach (Fall 2020).
Johnson coached five seasons at Marquette University and was promoted to associate head coach in June of 2017 after helping guide the Golden Eagles to a NCAA tournament trip in 2016-17. Marquette also made a run to the NIT quarterfinals in 2017-18 and returned to the NCAAs in 2018-19.
Johnson arrived in Milwaukee after working the previous two seasons at Arizona State and was on the opposing bench in a pair of matchups against the Golden Eagles. The Sun Devils, who went 16-1 at home, participated in the NCAA tournament in 2013-14 in his first campaign with the program and earned a spot in the National Invitation Tournament in 2014-15.
Johnson also spent two seasons (2011-13) at Drake University after a three-year stint at the University of Utah, which advanced to the NCAA tournament in 2009.
During his two seasons at Drake, he helped coach Ben Simons and Joey King to Missouri Valley Conference honors with Simons earning All-MVC second-team honors each of the final two seasons and King earning all-freshman honors in 2012-13.
In Johnson's first season with the Bulldogs in 2011-12 he helped guide Drake to its second-highest conference finish (tied for third) since 1986, and a victory in the postseason for the first time since 1975. Two Bulldogs were named second-team All-Missouri Valley Conference (Simons and Rayvonte Rice), and Simons was named captain of the MVC's Most Improved Team.
During his three-year stay at Utah, Johnson was part of a staff that coached the Utes in 2008-09 to a 24-10 record, a share of the Mountain West Conference Championship and the postseason conference tournament title. Utah finished the season ranked No. 25 in the AP poll and earned a No. 5 seed in the Midwest Region, at the time the highest seed ever given to a Mountain West team.
Johnson came to Utah after a one-year stint as an assistant coach at Cal State Northridge in 2007-08. The Matadors finished 20-10 overall and earned a share of their first Big West Conference regular season championship with Johnson on the staff.
Prior to his year at Cal State Northridge, Johnson spent three seasons (2004-07) on the bench at Southwest Baptist University in Bolivar, Mo. The Bearcats were 50-30 in that period, with three-consecutive winning seasons for the first time in school history. The 2005-06 squad posted a 27-5 record, including a school-record 14 wins in a row to open the season. Southwest Baptist captured the Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association title that year and made a trip to the NCAA Division II tournament, finishing No. 6 in the national rankings.
Johnson started his coaching career at Bemidji (Minn.) State University in 2003-04. In his lone season at Bemidji, Johnson helped coach the Beavers to a 20-10 mark and their first-ever 20-win season. Bemidji State was 14-2 in conference play that season, earning a berth to the NCAA Division II tournament and leading the nation in 3-pointers per game, with 11.7.
As a player, Johnson was a three-year letterman at Southern Utah University. He was a team captain and starter in 2000- 01 and helped lead the Thunderbirds to the Mid-Continent Conference (now Summit League) title and a berth in the NCAA tournament, where they dropped a close 68-65 decision to No. 3 seed Boston College. Johnson was a three-time member of the Mid-Continent Conference All-Academic Team and earned a bachelor's degree in communication from SUU in 2003.
Johnson played his senior season of college basketball at Bemidji State (2002-03), where he served as a team captain and earned honorable mention all-conference accolades. He averaged 13.5 points and distributed a team-high 114 assists during his one season with the Beavers.
Johnson is a graduate of Taylorsville (Utah) High School. He and his wife Brittany have three children, Brooklynn, Myles and Braylon.
| Coaching Experience |
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| 2020-Present |
LMU, Head Coach |
| 2017-20 |
Marquette University, Associate Head Coach |
| 2015-17 |
Marquette University, Assistant Coach |
| 2013-15 |
Arizona State University, Assistant Coach |
| 2011-13 |
Drake University, Assistant Coach |
| 2008-11 |
University of Utah, Assistant Coach |
| 2007-08 |
Cal State Northridge, Assistant Coach |
| 2004-07 |
Southwest Baptist University, Assistant Coach |
| 2003-04 |
Bemidji State University, Assistant Coach |
Playing Experience |
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| 2002-2003 |
Bemidji State University |
| 1998-2001 |
Southern Utah University |
Personal |
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| Education: |
Bimidji State University (2002-03) |
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Southern Utah University (1998-2001), B.A. in Communication ‘03 |
| Family: |
He and his wife Brittany have three children, Brooklynn, Myles and Braylon. |
| Postseason Berths |
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| 2018-19 |
NCAA Tournament (Round of 64) - Marquette University |
| 2017-18 |
NIT Tournament (Quarterfinals) - Marquette University |
| 2016-17 |
NCAA Tournament (Round of 64) - Marquette University |
| 2014-15 |
NIT Tournament (Second Round) - Arizona State University |
| 2013-14 |
NCAA Tournament (Round of 64) - Arizona State University |
| 2011-12 |
CollegeInsider.com Tournament (Second Round) - Drake University |
| 2008-09 |
NCAA Tournament (Round of 64) - University of Utah |
| 2005-06 |
NCAA Tournament (Second Round) - Southwest Baptist University |
| 2003-04 |
NCAA Tournament - (First Round) - Bemidji State University |
