Matthew J.

Assistant Coach, Team Avia (2012)
Global Basketball Summer League, Las Vegas, NV

Head Coach, Girl's Basketball (2010)
Estrella Foothills High School, Goodyear, AZ

Assistant Coach, Boy's Basketball (2007-2010)
Estrella Foothills High School, Goodyear, AZ

Assistant Coach, Men's Basketball (2003-2007)
Pennsylvania College of Technology, Williamsport, PA

Assistant Coach, Boy's Basketball (1995-2003)
Williamsport Area High School, Williamsport, PA

Director/Coach, Estrella Elite Basketball Club (2011)
Goodyear, AZ

Director/Coach, Williamsport Youth Basketball Club (2001-2003)

Director, Greater Williamsport Senior Shoot-Out (2002-2003)

Director/Coach, Williamsport Billies AAU Basketball Club (1994-2000)
Williamsport, PA

Coach/Counselor, Penn State University Basketball Camp (2004-2005)
State College, PA

Coach/Counselor, Keystone State Invitational Camp (1995-1998)
Albright College, Reading, PA

Coach/Scout, Keystone Shoot-out (1995-1997)
Franklin and Marshall College, PA

Guest Speaker, Darelle Porter Basketball Camp (1999)
Duquesne University, Pittsburgh, PA

Guest Speaker, Lock Haven University Coaching Clinic (2001)
Lock Haven, PA

Gym Master, Keystone State Games (1995)
Harrisburg, PA

Coach Johnson has a diverse background of successful coaching experience at the Collegiate, High school and Youth club levels as well as extensive training in Sport Administration, Exercise Science and Sport Psychology. His education includes a Master of Science from California University of Pennsylvania in Exercise Science and Health Promotion with a concentration on Sport Psychology as well as a Bachelor of Science in Sport Administration from Lock Haven University of Pennsylvania. Johnson is also a certified through the National Academy of Sports Medicine as a Performance Enhancement Specialist, Corrective Exercise Specialist, and Fitness Nutrition Specialist.

Coach began his coaching career at Williamsport Area High School (1995-2003) in Pennsylvania helping lead them to the PIAA Quad A State Championship game in 1995 and winning the PIAA Quad A State Championship 1999. During his eight years with the program Johnson played an integral role in player development and established the Williamsport Billies AAU Basketball Club for out of season competition. Coach Johnson developed many All State athletes and helped several student-athletes obtain athletic scholarships in various sports. His basketball players have had tremendous success and include All Big East players, Division 2 All Americans and NAIA National Champions. A few former Billies players are still playing professional around the World.

Johnson left Williamsport High School in 2003 to help build a community college program at the Pennsylvania College of Technology into a competitive four year collegiate program. He helped the program bring in dynamic recruits that earned All-Conference honors, achieve the best record in school history, and secure NCAA Division 2 and 3 opponents to upgrade the program schedule from the community college level.

In 2007, moved to work as an Assistant Coach alongside former NBA great Hersey Hawkins at Estrella Foothills High School in Goodyear, Arizona. His success on the East Coast followed him to the West Coast as he was able to assist in Estrella Foothills winning the AIA 3A State Championship in 2008, 2009, and 2010. Johnson also took part in the training and development of the State’s all-time Leading Scorer. He then took over as the Head Coach of the Estrella Foothills High School Girls’ Basketball Team in 2011. In his first season Johnson earned AIA 3A West Coach of the Year Honors, led his team to the best record and first play-off win in program history.

Coach Johnson has worked and spoken at several camps and coaches clinics across the country; including recently taking his experience in coaching as well as expertise in player development, performance enhancement and mental training to the players of the Global Basketball Summer League, which is a collection of recent college stand-outs and current minor league professional basketball players seeking opportunities to advance their careers professionally across the world.

Training sessions will be designed to fit the specific needs of individual clients. A complete assessment of physical, mental and basketball related skills will be given during an initial screening session. From this information the client will be consulted on which area's require the most attention, what the client's specific goals are, and the best strategy to achieve them. The sessions can be strictly basketball skill related if the client so chooses but a complete player development program should include: balance, speed/agility, cardio respiratory conditioning, strength, power and mental toughness training as well.

A true Player Development program requires an integrated program applying basketball related skills into the various physical and mental training aspects of Performance Enhancement. The goal is to develop the client to become the most complete player they can be.

Basketball Specific Skills included in training sessions will be; triple threat technique, proper footwork, Primary offensive moves with (first step) and without (cuts, flashes, using screens) the ball, ball-handling, proper shooting mechanics, various finishing moves, passing skills, defensive stance/footwork/positioning, defensive principles on and off the ball, over-all development of Basketball IQ or understanding the game by education on various offensive systems, defensive strategies and the philosophy behind them.