Vickie Johnson

Not to be confused with Vicky Johnson.


Vickie Johnson
Atlanta Dream
PositionAssistant Coach
LeagueWNBA
Personal information
Born (1972-04-15) April 15, 1972 (age 52)
Coushatta, Louisiana, U.S.
Listed height5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Listed weight150 lb (68 kg)
Career information
High schoolCoushatta (Coushatta, Louisiana)
CollegeLouisiana Tech (1992–1996)
WNBA draft1997: 2nd round, 12th overall pick
Selected by the New York Liberty
Playing career1997–2009
PositionShooting guard
Number55
Coaching career2011–present
Career history
As player:
1997–2005New York Liberty
2006–2009San Antonio Silver Stars
As coach:
2011–2016San Antonio Stars (assistant)
2017San Antonio Stars
2018–2020Las Vegas Aces (assistant)
2021–2022Dallas Wings
2023–presentAtlanta Dream (assistant)
Career highlights and awards
Stats at WNBA.com
Stats at Basketball Reference Edit this at Wikidata

Vickie Johnson (born April 15, 1972) is an American former basketball player and assistant coach of the Atlanta Dream.[1] She was previously the head coach of the Dallas Wings in the WNBA.[2] Johnson is the former head coach of the San Antonio Stars.[3] Upon the sale and relocation of the Stars, Johnson was hired by head coach Bill Laimbeer as an assistant coach of the Las Vegas Aces, the Stars' decedent team.[4]

Early years

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Johnson grew up in Coushatta, Louisiana. Johnson was a letter-man in basketball and track and field. In track and field, she was the Louisiana State Champion on the long jump as a senior.

College years

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Vickie Johnson was a two-time All-American and Sun Belt Conference MVP at Louisiana Tech University. She led the Lady Techsters to the 1994 NCAA Championship Game, was named Sun Belt Conference Player of the Year in 1995 and earned Louisiana Player of the Year honors in 1996. She finished her career at Louisiana Tech with 1,891 career points and 831 rebounds and was inducted into the Louisiana Tech Athletic Hall of Fame in 2007. She graduated from Louisiana Tech in 1996.

WNBA career

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Johnson was selected 12th overall in the second round of the inaugural WNBA Elite draft in 1997, which was composed of professional women's basketball players who had competed in other leagues, usually international leagues.

She was a two-time WNBA all-star and was the first New York Liberty player to record 2000 points.

In June 2005 in honor of Johnson's 3,000 points scored, Sandy Levine, owner of the world-famous Carnegie Deli in Manhattan, created the VJ Classic sandwich, a 3,000 calories (13,000 kJ) belly-busting sandwich.

Johnson ended an eight-year career with the Liberty by signing with the San Antonio Silver Stars on February 9, 2006.

Johnson retired from play at the end of 2009 season.[5] She ended her career with the most games played out of all of the draftees from the 1997 Elite Draft (410 games played) with Wendy Palmer (9th pick of the Elite Draft) having the 2nd most games played at 311.

Johnson's final WNBA game ever was played in Game 3 of the 2009 Western Conference First Round on September 21, 2009 against the Phoenix Mercury. Despite Johnson's incredible performance of 24 points, 6 rebounds, 2 assists and 3 steals, the Silver Stars would lose the game 92 - 100 and be eliminated from the playoffs.[6]

Career statistics

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Legend
  GP Games played   GS  Games started  MPG  Minutes per game  RPG  Rebounds per game
 APG  Assists per game  SPG  Steals per game  BPG  Blocks per game  PPG  Points per game
 TO  Turnovers per game  FG%  Field-goal percentage  3P%  3-point field-goal percentage  FT%  Free-throw percentage
 Bold  Career best ° League leader

WNBA career statistics

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Regular season

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Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG TO PPG
1997 New York 26 25 30.3 40.4 19.0 77.1 4.2 2.5 0.7 0.2 1.9 9.6
1998 New York 30 30 30.2 44.6 37.5 76.8 3.8 2.5 1.0 0.2 1.5 12.5
1999 New York 32 32 33.8 41.9 35.2 83.7 4.4 3.3 1.4 0.0 2.0 13.3
2000 New York 31 31 33.0 44.1 38.0 88.2 4.4 2.5 0.7 0.2 1.8 12.3
2001 New York 32 32 29.3 41.4 36.6 75.7 3.3 2.7 1.1 0.1 1.6 11.0
2002 New York 31 31 33.2 45.6 42.1 80.3 3.5 2.8 0.9 0.1 1.5 11.6
2003 New York 32 32 32.6 45.8 36.5 85.9 3.0 2.3 0.9 0.2 1.7 13.4
2004 New York 34 34 32.9 41.3 28.3 88.6 3.6 3.6 0.7 0.1 2.1 9.4
2005 New York 34 34 30.1 47.4 35.7 77.4 3.5 2.7 0.7 0.1 1.3 10.4
2006 San Antonio 34 34 29.5 37.5 33.3 84.4 4.9 3.6 0.8 0.1 1.7 9.9
2007 San Antonio 30 29 28.4 44.4 42.9 82.1 4.8 3.5 1.1 0.3 1.2 8.1
2008 San Antonio 32 32 27.9 43.9 28.2 77.8 5.3 3.6 0.8 0.2 1.5 6.7
2009 San Antonio 32 32 23.0 43.2 37.5 85.2 3.4 2.4 0.5 0.1 1.2 6.4
Career 13 years, 2 teams 410 408 30.3 43.1 35.8 82.1 4.0 2.9 0.9 0.1 1.6 10.4

Playoffs

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Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG TO PPG
1997 New York 2 2 34.0 42.3 0.0 50.0 6.0 2.0 1.0 0.5 1.0 11.5
1999 New York 6 6 30.8 42.1 40.0 64.3 3.5 3.0 0.3 0.3 2.5 10.2
2000 New York 7 7 33.9 38.0 27.3 85.7 5.0 3.4 1.1 0.0 1.9 10.3
2001 New York 6 6 36.3 45.3 27.3 100.0 4.5 4.7 2.2 0.3 2.3 14.8
2002 New York 8 8 30.5 48.0 51.9 75.0 3.8 3.0 0.9 0.0 1.4 12.3
2004 New York 5 5 32.2 35.9 20.0 91.7 4.4 3.2 1.0 0.2 0.8 8.2
2005 New York 2 2 36.5 45.5 0.0 75.0 3.0 3.5 0.5 0.0 2.0 13.0
2007 San Antonio 5 5 33.0 36.7 42.1 50.0 5.8 4.6 1.2 0.2 1.8 9.4
2008 San Antonio 9 9 30.4 49.2 40.0 63.6 4.7 3.1 1.0 0.0 2.1 8.3
2009 San Antonio 3 3 30.0 72.0 71.4 83.3 3.0 4.7 1.7 0.0 1.0 15.3
Career 10 years, 2 teams 53 53 32.4 44.4 37.4 77.9 4.4 3.5 1.1 0.1 1.8 10.9

College

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Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG TO PPG
1992–93 Louisiana Tech 31 - - 44.4 31.4 73.8 6.3 2.3 1.6 0.2 - 13.5
1993–94 Louisiana Tech 35 - - 50.0 42.9 73.7 7.0 2.2 1.9 0.2 - 14.8
1994–95 Louisiana Tech 33 - - 53.2 0.0 74.0 6.9 2.8 1.5 0.1 - 16.4
1995–96 Louisiana Tech 32 - - 51.0 0.0 79.0 6.8 2.6 1.7 0.3 - 15.1
Career 131 - - 49.8 33.3 75.2 6.7 2.4 1.7 0.2 - 15.0
Statistics retrieved from Sports-Reference.[7]

Coaching record

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Legend
Regular season G Games coached W Games won L Games lost W–L % Win–loss %
Playoffs PG Playoff games PW Playoff wins PL Playoff losses PW–L % Playoff win–loss %
Team Year G W L W–L% Finish PG PW PL PW–L% Result
SAS 2017 34 8 26 .235 6th in West - - - - Missed Playoffs
DAL 2021 32 14 18 .438 5th in West 1 0 1 .000 Lost in 1st Round
DAL 2022 36 18 18 .500 3rd in West 3 1 2 .333 Lost in 1st Round
Career 102 40 62 .392 4 1 3 .250

European career

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References

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  1. ^ "Atlanta Dream Hires Vickie Johnson as Assistant Coach". dream.wnba.com. WNBA. Retrieved 12 February 2023.
  2. ^ "Dallas Wings Name Vickie Johnson Head Coach". WNBA.com. 9 December 2020. Retrieved 10 December 2020.
  3. ^ "Stars promote Vickie Johnson to head coach". ESPN.com. Retrieved 2016-12-22.
  4. ^ "Aces Hire Vickie Johnson, Kelly (Schumacher) Raimon as Assistant Coaches". WNBA.com. 23 February 2018. Retrieved 31 March 2018.
  5. ^ Vickie Johnson Announces her Retirement at the End of 2009 Season
  6. ^ "San Antonio Silver Stars at Phoenix Mercury, September 21, 2009".
  7. ^ "Vickie Johnson College Stats". Sports-Reference. Retrieved April 11, 2024.
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