| James Johnson | |
| Current Title: | Assistant coach |
| Current Team: | NC State |
| Current Conference: | ACC |
| Birth Date: | 20 July 1971[1] |
| Player Years1: | 1989–1993 |
| Player Team1: | Ferrum |
| Coach Years1: | 1995–1996 |
| Coach Team1: | Longwood (assistant) |
| Coach Years2: | 1996–1997 |
| Coach Team2: | Hargrave Mil. Acad. (assistant) |
| Coach Years3: | 1997–2000 |
| Coach Team3: | Old Dominion (assistant) |
| Coach Years4: | 2000–2002 |
| Coach Team4: | Elon (assistant) |
| Coach Years5: | 2002–2003 |
| Coach Team5: | College of Charleston (assistant) |
| Coach Years6: | 2003–2005 |
| Coach Team6: | Penn State (assistant) |
| Coach Years7: | 2005–2007 |
| Coach Team7: | George Mason (assistant) |
| Coach Years8: | 2007–2012 |
| Coach Team8: | Virginia Tech (assistant) |
| Coach Years9: | 2012–2014 |
| Coach Team9: | Virginia Tech |
| Coach Years10: | 2015–2017 |
| Coach Team10: | Miami (FL) (basketball ops) |
| Coach Years11: | 2017–2022 |
| Coach Team11: | NC State (assistant) |
| Overall Record: | 22–41 |
James Johnson (born July 20, 1971) is an American college basketball coach and former head coach of the Virginia Tech Hokies men's basketball team. He was hired in 2012 to succeed Seth Greenberg, on whose staff Johnson had worked until leaving for Clemson, only to be hired back 12 days later. Johnson was fired by Virginia Tech on March 17, 2014 after two seasons with an overall record of 22–41.[2]
James Johnson joined the University of Miami basketball program as the team’s Director of Basketball Operations in June 2015. Johnson, who was on Jim Larrañaga’s staff for two seasons at George Mason University, including the historic NCAA Final Four run in 2006, came to Miami after seven seasons on staff at fellow Atlantic Coast Conference school Virginia Tech, where he was the head coach for two seasons after five years as an assistant coach.[3]
On Monday, March 27, Kevin Keatts announced that James Johnson had been hired as an assistant coach for the NC State Wolfpack men's basketball program. Johnson and Keatts were teammates for two seasons at Ferrum College in Ferrum, Virginia, from 1991–93. Johnson came to the Wolfpack after two years as the Director of Basketball Operations for Jim Larrañaga's program at Miami.[4]
Johnson played collegiate basketball at Ferrum College, where he was a three-year starter and is a member of the Ferrum hall of fame.