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Justin Johnson (born January 3, 1977) is an American baseball coach and former outfielder, who is the current head baseball coach of the UC Riverside Highlanders. He played college baseball at Mt. San Antonio College for coach Art Mazmanian from 1996 to 1997. He has also been the head coach of the Saint Katherine Firebirds (2014).

Justin Johnson

Current position
Title	Head coach
Team	UC Riverside
Conference	Big West
Record	23–81
Biographical details
Born	(1977-01-03) January 3, 1977 (age 45)
Playing career
1996–1997	Mt. San Antonio College
Position(s)	Outfielder
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
????–2011	Valley View HS
2012–2013	Caltech (H)
2014	Saint Katherine
2015–2020	UC Riverside (H)
2021–present	UC Riverside (HC)
Head coaching record
Overall	23–81
Tournaments	NCAA: 0–0

Playing career

Johnson attended Diamond Bar High School in Diamond Bar, California. As a senior in 1995, Johnson was drafted in the 43rd round of the 1995 Major League Baseball draft.[1]

Coaching career

When Troy Percival resigned as head baseball coach at UC Riverside, Johnson was named the interim head coach for the 2021 season.[2] On November 4, 2021, Johnson was promoted to head coach.

Head coaching record

Statistics overview

Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
UC Riverside Highlanders (Big West Conference) (2021–present)
2021	UC Riverside	15–36	12–28	10th
2022	UC Riverside	8–45	4–29	11th
UC Riverside:		23–81	16–57
Total:		23–81
National champion         Postseason invitational champion         Conference regular season champion         Conference regular season and conference tournament champion       Division regular season champion       Division regular season and conference tournament champion       Conference tournament champion

References

External links

• Career statistics and player information from Baseball Reference (Minors)
• UC Riverside Highlanders bio

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