1. Sydney Johnson was born on April 26,1974 and is an American professional basketball coach and former player who is the head coach of the Washington Mystics of the Women's National Basketball Association.
37 Facts About Sydney Johnson
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Sydney Johnson earned Ivy League Men's Basketball Player of the Year recognition for the undefeated 1997 team.
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Sydney Johnson continues to hold the Ivy League records for consecutive three-point shots made and most single-game three-point shots made without a miss.
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Sydney Johnson then served as head coach for the Fairfield Stags from 2011 to 2019.
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Beyond collegiate coaching, Sydney Johnson coached 3x3 basketball for USA Basketball and worked as an assistant coach for the Chicago Sky in the WNBA.
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Sydney Johnson played his sophomore and junior season of high school basketball at Moorhead Senior High School in Moorhead, Minnesota.
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Sydney Johnson transferred from Minnesota to Towson Catholic High School prior to his senior season.
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On December 1,1991, Boston University announced that Sydney Johnson signed a letter of intent.
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Sydney Johnson was selected to participate in the Rodney Beasley East vs West All-Star Games, sponsored by the Baltimore Metro Coaches Association.
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Sydney Johnson was a second team All-metro selection and following his 1992 graduation attended the Fork Union Military Academy in Virginia for a postgraduate year.
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Sydney Johnson showed strong leadership skills early at Princeton and is the only three-time captain in university history.
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Sydney Johnson recorded seven steals in a game against Brown on February 3,1995, which is one shy of the school record.
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Sydney Johnson made the game-tying layup to knot the score at 41.
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Sydney Johnson defended Toby Bailey's last second shot after Princeton took the lead with 3.9 seconds remaining.
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Sydney Johnson was 1997 Ivy League Men's basketball Player of the Year.
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Sydney Johnson earned the award for his defense and was the first winner with a single-digit scoring average.
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Sydney Johnson had twelve points in the regular season finale during which Princeton tied the school record with its nineteenth consecutive win.
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Sydney Johnson retired as the Princeton University all-time leader in steals.
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Sydney Johnson retired second in Princeton history in career three point shots and fourth in career assists.
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Sydney Johnson played two seasons with the Avellino in Italy from 2000 to 2002.
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Sydney Johnson had a seven-year professional career before becoming a coach.
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Sydney Johnson was then brought on as an assistant to the newly appointed head coach at Georgetown, John Thompson III, in 2004.
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When Scott abandoned his struggling Princeton team to coach at Denver in 2007, athletic director Gary Walters hired Sydney Johnson to take over the program.
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Sydney Johnson emerged from a field of Princeton offense veterans that included Mike Brennan, Robert Burke, Craig Robinson, Bill Carmody, Armond Hill, Chris Mooney, and Mitch Henderson.
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Sydney Johnson was regarded as an inexperienced coach because he only had three years of experience as an assistant coach.
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Sydney Johnson became the youngest coach in the Ivy League.
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In 2010, Sydney Johnson tweaked the motion Princeton offense to be a bit more uptempo, resulting in more possessions and higher scores.
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Sydney Johnson was named as a finalist for the Hugh Durham Award, the Ben Jobe Award, and the Skip Prosser Award.
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Sydney Johnson served as a USA Basketball scout for the February 2020 FIBA AmeriCup Qualifying Team.
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Sydney Johnson later served as head coach of the July 2023 3x3 Men's U23 Nations League Team and the gold medal winning 2023 FIBA 3x3 U23 World Cup team.
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On February 26,2024, Sydney Johnson was added to the staff of the Chicago Sky as an assistant on Teresa Weatherspoon's coaching staff.
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On December 23,2024, Sydney Johnson was named head coach of the Washington Mystics.
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Sydney Johnson grew up in a series of college towns.
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Sydney Johnson's father played basketball for Indiana in the late 1950s.
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Sydney Johnson was one of the first Americans to play professionally in France.
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Sydney Johnson met his wife Jennifer Sydney Johnson when they were freshmen in Princeton's First College.
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Sydney Johnson had been very involved with the university as a whole during his head coaching career, participating in a task force charged with surveying the impact of Princeton's eating clubs on campus life, and sitting with his players in the student section at many home football games.