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Gibson Johnson

Former Rainbow Warrior standout player Gibson Johnson rejoined the Rainbow Warrior staff as an assistant coach in June 2024. Johnson is involved in all aspects of the program with a focus on practice planning, scouting, defense, rebounding, recruiting and player development.
 
CAREER EXPERIENCE
  • Hawai‘i, Assistant Coach (2024-); Director of Player Development (2021-22); Graduate Manager (2019-21)
  • Utah Tech, Assistant Coach (2022-24)
  • Salt Lake City Community College,  Assistant Coach (2018-19)
 
HIGHLIGHTS
  • Has worked in three different capacities at UH - as a graduate manager, the team’s director of player development and currently as an assistant coach.
  • Earned his first Division I assistant coaching job at Utah Tech, helping the Trailblazers improve 145 spots in the KenPom national rankings in his very first season.  
  • A two-year co-captain at UH from 2016-18.
  • Earned all-Big West honorable mention as a junior.
  • Concluded career ninth all-time at UH in field goal percentage (.524).
  • Prior to UH, was an all-region player and won a junior college national championship with Salt Lake Community College.
 
HOMETOWN
  • Centervile, Utah
 
 ALMA MATER
  • Hawai‘i, 2018

EDUCATION
  • Hawai'i, B.A., Communications (2018)
  • Hawai'i, M.Ed. Education,  (2021)
 
PERSONAL
  • Wife, Kirsten ; son, Kai; daughter, Elle