Mathew Johnson

Biography

Mathew Johnson makes his way to Chestnut Hill following one season as an assistant at Princeton and six years at Connecticut. Johnson’s time with the Huskies was defined by winning. Along with the two national titles and five NCAA Tournament appearances, the Huskies won the Big East Regular Season and Tournament Championships in 2024. UConn went 149-52 for a winning percentage of 74.13% during his time on staff. Johnson has worked with nine players who made the NBA, including 2024-25 Rookie of the Year Stephon Castle. Additionally, players Johnson has worked with have been named all-conference 12 times. At UConn, Johnson shared responsibility for the on-court skill development of all guards in the program and led individual and group skill instruction in the off-season. He also met with student-athletes weekly to analyze practice and game film. Johnson assisted in the recruitment of top-five recruiting classes at UConn in 2025 and 2023. He collaborated with and supported the assistant coaches with daily recruiting efforts and planned and executed the operations of official and unofficial visits on campus. Johnson was a four-year letterman and a two-year captain at the University of Tampa. He ended his career ranked fourth all-time in program history in assists and was part of a Spartan team that went to the NCAA Tournament in 2014. Johnson was a College Sports Communicators (CSC) Academic All-District honoree and was named to the three-time Sunshine State Conference (SSC) Com