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2007-2008 Coaching Staff

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.

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.