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Paris Johnson Head Shot 2020

Paris Johnson

Paris Johnson joined the Rainbow Wahine basketball coaching staff in spring 2019. 

Johnson spent one season as an assistant coach with Utah State serving from 2018-19, helping the program earn a bid into the Women's National Invitational Tournament. Before her time in Logan, Utah, Johnson served as the director of player personnel at San Diego State for two seasons.
 
Johnson spent the first few years of her childhood growing up in Laie, O'ahu until moving to the mainland at the age of four. She later grew into and became a prominent prep player, leading to Johnson playing four seasons at San Diego State where she was a four-year letter winner from 2008-2011. She is one of 21 1,000-point scorers in Aztec history, finishing her career with 1,598 points. She still holds the single-game (9), single-season (94) and career (267) blocks records at SDSU. Johnson was a four-time all-Mountain West honoree and helped the Aztecs to the Mountain West Tournament championship in 2010, leading to a Sweet 16 appearance in the NCAA Tournament.
 
After graduating in 2011 with a degree in social science, Johnson continued her playing career overseas for five years, making stops in Australia, Poland, Spain, Kuwait, and the United Arab Emirates.
 
Her first break into the coaching profession was at her alma mater in 2016 as the director of player personnel and assistant recruiting coordinator, a possession she held for two seasons with the Aztecs.