Derek Johnson (born July 16, 1971) is an American professional baseball coach.
He is the director of pitching for the Cincinnati Reds of Major League Baseball (MLB).
[4] After graduating from Eastern Illinois, he remained with the program as a pitching coach for the 1994 season.
[7] In 2012, he left Vanderbilt to be the minor league pitching coordinator for the Chicago Cubs.
[11] Baseball America named Johnson the major league coach of the year in 2019.