Aaron Johnston (basketball)

Aaron Johnston[2] is an American basketball coach who has been the head women's basketball coach at South Dakota State University since 1999.[3] Johnston has led the Jackrabbits to the NCAA Division II in 2003.

This article is about the basketball coach. For the writer and film producer, see Aaron Johnston.
Aaron Johnston
Current position
TitleHead coach
TeamSouth Dakota State
ConferenceSummit League
Record571–185 (.755)
Annual salary$290,000[1]
Biographical details
Born (1974-08-28) August 28, 1974
Pine Island, Minnesota
Alma materGustavus Adolphus College
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1996–1997NDSCS (asst.)
1997–1999South Dakota State (GA)
1999–2000South Dakota State (asst.)
2000–presentSouth Dakota State
Head coaching record
Overall571–185 (.755)
Tournaments5–11 (NCAA Division I)

13–2 (NCAA Division II)

13–4 (WNIT)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
  • WNIT Championship (2022)
  • NCAA Division II Women's Championship (2003)
  • 2x NCC regular season championships (2003, 2004)
  • 9x Summit League regular season championships (2008, 2009, 2012–2014, 2019, 2021–2023)
  • 10x Summit League conference tournament championships (2009–2013, 2015, 2016, 2018, 2019, 2023)
Awards
  • 2003 Molten/Women’s Division II Bulletin Coach of the Year
  • 2x Independent League Coach of the Year (2006, 2007)
  • 6x Summit League Coach of the Year (2008, 2009, 2012, 2014, 2021, 2022)

South Dakota State

Aaron Johnston started at South Dakota State working with the men's basketball team as a graduate assistant under then head coach Scott Nagy. He moved to the women's basketball team as an assistant coach under Nancy Neiber. During the 1999-2000 season, Neiber took a leave of absence and Johnston took over as interim for the final six games. During those six games, he went on to defeat the #2 ranked and eventual NCAA D-II Runner up; North Dakota State.

Johnston became head coach of the Jackrabbits on June 30, 2000, making him the seventh head coach in SDSU women's basketball era. In three of his first four years as head coach, he led South Dakota State to the Elite Eight three straight years, and won the NCAA D-II national championship over Northern Kentucky 65-50.

Since joining the Summit League in the 2007-08 season the Jackrabbits have made the postseason every year (11 NCAA, 4 WNIT).

He also coached one year for the South Dakota State Jackrabbits men's and women's golf team.

Head coaching record
Statistics overview
Season Coach Overall Conference Standing Postseason
South Dakota State (NCC Division II [4]) (1999–2004)
1999–2000 South Dakota State 4–2*4–2*4th
2000–01 South Dakota State 15–129–9T—5th
2001–02 South Dakota State 28–912–6T—2ndNCAA D-II Elite Eight
2002–03 South Dakota State 32–314–2T—1stNCAA D-II Champs
2003–04 South Dakota State 26–711–3T—1stNCAA D-II Elite Eight
South Dakota State (NCAA Division I independent) (2004–2007)
2004–05 South Dakota State 21–7
2005–06 South Dakota State 19–9
2006–07 South Dakota State 25–6WNIT Quarter-finals
South Dakota State (Summit League[5]) (2007–present)
2007–08 South Dakota State 23–716–21stWNIT First Round
2008–09 South Dakota State 32–317–11stNCAA Second Round
2009–10 South Dakota State 22–1114–42ndNCAA First Round
2010–11 South Dakota State 19–1412–6T—3rdNCAA First Round
2011–12 South Dakota State 24–916–21stNCAA First Round
2012–13 South Dakota State 25–814–21stNCAA First Round
2013–14 South Dakota State 26–1013–11stWNIT Semifinals
2014–15 South Dakota State 24–912–42ndNCAA First Round
2015–16 South Dakota State 27–713–32ndNCAA Second Round
2016–17 South Dakota State 23–912–4T—2ndWNIT Second Round
2017–18 South Dakota State 26–712–22ndNCAA First Round
2018–19 South Dakota State 28–715–11stNCAA Sweet Sixteen
2019–20 South Dakota State 23–1013–32ndPostseason not held
2020–21 South Dakota State 21–414–01stNCAA First Round
2021–22 South Dakota State 29–917–1T—1stWNIT Champions
2022–23 South Dakota State 29–618–01stNCAA Second Round
South Dakota State: 571–185 (.755)278–58 (.827)
Total:571–185 (.755)

      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

*Named interim coach for the final six games.

Players drafted into WNBA

References
  1. Yost, Rae (March 8, 2023). "SDSU tourney title earns Johnston $10,000". Keloland.com. Retrieved April 10, 2023.
  2. "Aaron Johnston (@Coach_AJ) - Twitter". twitter.com.
  3. "Aaron Johnston". www.gojacks.com.
  4. Record book
  5. "The Summit League" (PDF). The Summit League.
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