[4] For his senior season, Johnson transferred to Bemidji State and was the team's leader in assists and an all-conference honorable mention.
[3] After a one-year stop at Cal State Northridge where he tied for first in the Big West Conference, Johnson would join Jim Boylen's staff at Utah.
[6] He landed at Drake for an assistant coaching spell from 2011 to 2013 before joining Herb Sendek's staff at Arizona State, where he remained until 2015, helping guide the Sun Devils to an NCAA Tournament appearance in 2014.
[7][8] In 2015, Johnson joined Steve Wojciechowski's staff at Marquette, and was a part of two Golden Eagles NCAA tournament teams.
Johnson has led LMU to two MTE (Multi-Team Event) Tournament titles in his tenure, winning the Jamaica Classic in 2022 and the Cancun Challenge in 2024.