Damon Johnson (basketball)
Damon S. Johnson (born March 1, 1974) is an American former professional basketball player who played in the Icelandic Úrvalsdeild and the Spanish Liga ACB.[1] He won the Icelandic national championship three times and was voted the Úrvalsdeild foreign player of the year twice.[2][3][4][5] A naturalized Icelandic citizen, he played with the Iceland national basketball team in 2003.
Damon Johnson with Keflavík in 2015. | |||||||||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||
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| Born | March 1, 1974 | ||||||||||||||
| Nationality | American / Icelandic | ||||||||||||||
| Listed height | 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) | ||||||||||||||
| Career information | |||||||||||||||
| High school | Science Hill (Johnson City, Tennessee) | ||||||||||||||
| College | |||||||||||||||
| NBA draft | 1996: undrafted | ||||||||||||||
| Playing career | 1996–2015 | ||||||||||||||
| Position | Small forward | ||||||||||||||
| Career history | |||||||||||||||
| As player: | |||||||||||||||
| 1996–1997 | Keflavík | ||||||||||||||
| 1997–1998 | ÍA | ||||||||||||||
| 1998–1999 | Keflavík | ||||||||||||||
| 1999–2000 | Los Barrios Cadiz | ||||||||||||||
| 2001–2003 | Keflavík | ||||||||||||||
| 2003–2004 | Caceres | ||||||||||||||
| 2004 | Polaris World Murcia | ||||||||||||||
| 2004–2005 | CSF Sevilla | ||||||||||||||
| 2005 | Lagun Aro Bilbao Basket | ||||||||||||||
| 2005–2006 | Plus Pujol Lleida | ||||||||||||||
| 2006–2007 | C.B. Hospitalet | ||||||||||||||
| 2007 | Ciudad de Huelva | ||||||||||||||
| 2007–2008 | Alerta Cantabria | ||||||||||||||
| 2008–2009 | Smoky Mountain Jam | ||||||||||||||
| 2013 | Keflavík-b | ||||||||||||||
| 2014–2015 | Keflavík | ||||||||||||||
| As coach: | |||||||||||||||
| 2010–2012 | King University (assistant) | ||||||||||||||
| 2012–2013 | East Tennessee State (assistant) | ||||||||||||||
| Career highlights and awards | |||||||||||||||
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Icelandic national team edit
Johnson played 5 games for the Iceland national basketball team[6] during the 2003 Games of the Small States of Europe, where he averaged 17.3 points per game, helping Iceland finishing second.[7]
Coaching career edit
Johnson was an assistant coach for King University from 2010 to 2012 and later for East Tennessee State women's basketball team. In 2019 he was hired as the head coach of Providence Academy í Johnson City.[8]
Awards and honours edit
Iceland edit
- 2x Úrvalsdeild Foreign Player of the year (1999, 2002)
- Úrvalsdeild Domestic All-First team (2003)
- 3x Icelandic champion (1997, 1999, 2003)
- 2x Icelandic Cup champion (1997, 2003)
- 3x Icelandic Company Cup champion (1996, 1998, 2002)
Spain edit
- Spanish LEB All-Star Game (2000)
References edit
- ^ "Damon Johnson í efstu deild á Spáni". Mbl.is (in Icelandic). February 21, 2004. Retrieved August 24, 2017.
- ^ Viðurkenningar - Besti erlendi leikmaður úrvalsdeildar karla
- ^ "Mikil blessun fyrir mig að fá þetta tækifæri". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). August 13, 2014. Retrieved August 24, 2017.
- ^ Jónsson, Óskar Ófeigur (March 11, 2015). "41 árs en samt gríðarlega mikilvægur fyrir Keflavíkurliðið". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved August 24, 2017.
- ^ "Damon Johnson fyrr og nú". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). March 31, 2015. Retrieved August 24, 2017.
- ^ A-landslið karla
- ^ Sigurður Elvar Þórólfsson (June 6, 2003). "Á eftir að læra þjóðsönginn". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). Retrieved August 31, 2018.
- ^ Óskar Ófeigur Jónsson (March 26, 2019). "Damon Johnson orðinn aðalþjálfari". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved March 26, 2019.
External links edit
- Profile at KKI.is
- Profile at
- Eurobasket.com Profile
- Liga ACB stats at basketball-reference.com
- College stats at sports-reference.com