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2007-2008 Coaching Staff
GORDON (GORDIE) JOHNSON
Head Coach - Men's Basketball
Email: gdjohnso@ucsc.edu
Phone: (831) 459-4532
Fax: (831) 459-4070
After 22 years of successful
high school coaching at one of the nation's premiere programs (St. Joseph
Notre Dame H.S., Alameda CA), Coach Johnson will lead UC Santa Cruz into
his sixth full season as Head Coach.
While taking over a program which was going through transition, Coach
Johnson's first season the team won three games playing one of the strongest
D-3 schedules in the country. In his second year, the team doubled their
win total, winning 6 games, but it wasn't the win totals that spoke loud
as much as it was the style of play that caught fans' and coaches' attention.
The team won 6 of their final 10 games. They changed their style of play
to an up-tempo aggressive man-to-man defense and a fastbreak style of
offense, which is the way he coached at St. Joseph H.S.
Coach Johnson spends a lot of the off-season working with professional
players by helping them improve their games. He also travels to basketball
coaches' clinics as well as getting tutelage and sharing ideas and techniques
with several professional and college coaches about some of the finer
points of coaching.
Coach Johnson retired from major level slo-pitch softball (twice named
California player of the year, named on 10 All-American teams and two
National Championships). In his spare time, Coach Johnson, a long time
(6th Degree Black Belt) martial artist, teaches classes at Best in the
West (BITW) in San Leandro, CA, conducts and speaks at basketball coaches
clinics, coaches youth basketball at the Olympic Club, San Francisco and
plays golf. In addition, Coach Johnson, with the help of some professional
basketball sports trainers, has developed a top weight and conditioning
basketball programs for high school and college athletes.
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JAMES PAGE
Assistant Coach - Men's Basketball
James begins his 6th year as an Assistant for UCSC on Coach Johnson staff. This will be his 3rd year as Coach Johnson’s lead assistant. His duties include perimeter player development (individual workouts), recruiting, scouting, film exchange, fundraising and tutoring coordinator.
James attended Ramona HS in San Diego CA where he lettered in Basketball and Volleyball and was an All-Conference performer. While at Ramona, James played for Michigan Hall of Fame Coach Al Schaeffer who instilled a physical and mental toughness that James credits properly prepared him for the college game.
After Graduation James attended the University of Redlands where he played two years for Gary Smith as an off guard and small foreword. In the summer of ’99 while at Redlands James had the pleasure of traveling with the team to Austria and Germany playing various levels of professional teams. After 2 years at Redlands, transferred to Santa Barbara City College where he red-shirted before finally transferring to UC Santa Cruz. James played his final 2 years at UCSC. His junior year as the staring off guard and a team captain his senior year. James played with current Puget Sound Asst. Coach Matt. Robles as well as current UC Riverside Asst. Chris Brazelton.
James Graduated from UCSC in 2003 as a National Deans List Merit Scholar with a BA in Sociology. He currently lives in Ben Lomond with his girlfriend Kate and their dog Chuck.
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