Matthew Johnson (born circa 1969) is an American basketball coach and former player best known for his collegiate playing career at the University of Vermont from 1987 to 1991.
[1] He was named head boys' basketball coach at Jefferson County High School in Dandridge, Tennessee in 2017.
In his four-year prep career he scored 2,121 points, which as of January 2010 is the second-highest total in state history behind Bruce Dalrymple's 2,477.
[4] He was named to the All-NAC Tournament Team, although Vermont lost in their first-ever championship match.
[4] He then spent the 1993–94 year as an assistant coach for his collegiate alma mater before spending one season playing professional basketball in Ireland for Queen's Strongbow.