The best season for FHSU under Johnson came in 2005-06 in its final season as a member of the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference. The team finished 27-4 overall and won the regular season conference title with an 18-1 record. The Tigers reached the NCAA Division II North Central Regional semifinals before bowing out in a 60-58 loss to Northern State (S.D.). The Tigers were ranked #1 in the nation for two weeks during 2005-06. Johnson was named RMAC Coach of the Year for the first time in his career. His 2002-03 squad also made a regional tournament appearance with a 23-8 overall record.

Last season, Johnson guided FHSU in its first year of play in the Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association. The season culminated with an appearance in the conference tournament in Kansas City, Mo. Johnson’s teams have made conference post-season tournament appearances in all six years he has been head coach with five in the RMAC and now one in the MIAA. Johnson has guided the Tigers to 20 or more wins in three of his six seasons as head coach.

Prior to being named the head coach, Johnson served as the Tigers’ assistant coach from 1996 until the 2001-02 season. He served as the Tigers’ interim coach following Gary Garner’s departure to Southeast Missouri State University prior to the start of the 1997-98 season. Before coming to FHSU, Johnson was the assistant coach at Phillips University, Enid, Okla.

He coached the 1994-95 season at Labette Community College under Rand Chappell and then moved along with Chappell to Phillips University. Following his playing career at Pittsburg State University he spent two seasons as the Gorillas’ graduate assistant.

Following a senior season that garnered him All-America, All-State, All-Metro and All-Conference honors at Omaha Millard South High School, he played basketball at Kilgore Junior College, Kilgore, Texas. His sophomore year he was selected to the Texas Eastern Athletic Conference Academic Team.

Johnson played two seasons at Pittsburg State University where he earned Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association honors twice and All-South Region honors as a senior.

Johnson received his associate degree from Kilgore Junior College in 1991, bachelor’s degree from Pittsburg State in 1993 and a master’s degree from Pittsburg State in 1994. He is married to the former Kenda Pruter of Natoma, Kan. They have two children, daughter Carly and son Truman.

Brown was an assistant coach at Southwestern Oklahoma State University in Weatherford, Oklahoma, from 2004-2005 and helped coach the team to a top 25 ranking two years in a row. While with the Bulldogs, he helped coach one all-region and six all-league players and helped guide the team to an NCAA tournament appearance during the 2004-2005 season.

Brown earned a bachelor's degree in Elementary Education from FHSU in 2001 and a master's degree in Sports Administration in 2003.