Education
Johnson graduated from North Mecklenburg High School in 1993. Johnson attended and played collegiately for the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. He graduated with a bachelor"s degree in criminal justice.
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Johnson graduated from North Mecklenburg High School in 1993. Johnson attended and played collegiately for the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. He graduated with a bachelor"s degree in criminal justice.
He was an all-county selection as a senior. He redshirted his freshman year before lettering in basketball for four years and was selected in the All-Freshman team of the Metro Conference. As a sophomore, he was a second-team All-Conference United States of America selection and then a two-time first-team All-C-United States of America selection.
C-United States of America also named Johnson player of the year in 1998.
With Johnson, Charlotte appeared in the National Collegiate Athletic Association post-season tournament in 1995, 1997, and 1998 and was the top regular season Conference United States of America team in 1995 and 1997. In the 1998 National Basketball Association Draft, he was selected by the New York Knicks with the 9th pick of the 2nd round (38th overall).
In his brief National Basketball Association career he played in five games for the Knicks in the 1999–2000 season, registering 6 points and 7 rebounds. Overseas, Johnson played professionally in Italy with Sony Milano (1998–1999), Scavolini Pesaro (2000–2001, 2002), Metis Varese (2001–2002), Lauretana Biella (2004) and Sebastiani Rieti (Serie A2, 2004–2005), in Spain with Etosa Alicante, and in Greece with Olympiacos.
In January 2006, Johnson signed with KK Union Olimpija of Slovenia.
In April 2007 he moved to the Israeli league and signed with Elitzur Ashkelon, where he played until the end of the season. In January 2009 he signed with Maccabi Rishon LeZion in the Israeli league. He played in the Israeli team Ironi Nahariya the next season and was waived in January 2010.
In 2010, Johnson became head coach of the basketball team of Providence Day School in Charlotte.
Johnson became an assistant coach at Hampton University the following year.