Phil Johnson (basketball, born 1941)

Phil Johnson
Johnson in 1969
Personal information
Born (1941-09-06) September 6, 1941
Listed height6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)
Listed weight180 lb (82 kg)
Career information
High schoolGrace (Grace, Idaho)
College
NBA draft1963: undrafted
Coaching career1963–2011
Career history
Coaching
1963–1964Utah State (freshmen)
1964–1968Weber State (assistant)
1968–1971Weber State
19711973Chicago Bulls (assistant)
19731978Kansas City-Omaha/Kansas City Kings
19791982Chicago Bulls (assistant)
1982Chicago Bulls (interim)
19821984Utah Jazz (assistant)
19841988Kansas City/Sacramento Kings
19882011Utah Jazz (assistant)
Career highlights
As head coach:

As assistant coach:

  • 3× Big Sky regular season (1965, 1966, 1968)

Philip Donald Johnson (born September 6, 1941) is an American former professional basketball coach. He played college basketball for the Weber State Wildcats and Utah State Aggies. Johnson began his coaching career with the Aggies in 1963 and then returned to the Wildcats where he was an assistant coach from 1964 to 1968 and head coach from 1968 to 1971. He coached in the National Basketball Association (NBA) from 1971 to 2011 including stints as the head coach for the Kansas City-Omaha/Kansas City Kings from 1973 to 1978, the Chicago Bulls in 1982 and the Kansas City/Sacramento Kings from 1984 to 1988.