DeMarco Johnson

Personal information
Born	(1975-10-06) October 6, 1975 (age 48) Charlotte, North Carolina, U.S.
Listed height	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)
Listed weight	245 lb (111 kg)
Career information
High school	North Mecklenburg (Huntersville, North Carolina)
College	Charlotte (1994–1998)
NBA draft	1998: 2nd round, 38th overall pick
Selected by the New York Knicks
Playing career	1998–2010
Position	Power forward
Number	4
Coaching career	2010–present
Career history
As player:
1998–1999	Sony Milano
1999	New York Knicks
1999–2000	Richmond Rhythm
2000–2001	Scavolini Pesaro
2001	Metis Varese
2002–2003	Olympiacos
2003–2004	Etosa Alicante
2004	Lauretana Biella
2004–2005	Tris Rieti
2005–2006	Union Olimpija Ljubljana
2006	Panteras del Distrito Nacional
2006–2007	Polaris World Murcia
2007	Elitzur Ashkelon
2007–2008	Geoplin Slovan
2009	Maccabi Rishon LeZion
2009–2010	Ironi Nahariya
2009–2010	Vaqueros de Bayamón
As coach:
2010–2011	Providence Day School
2011–2016	Hampton (assistant)
Career highlights and awards
Slovenian Basketball Cup champion (2006) Conference USA Player of the Year (1998) 2× First-team All-Conference USA (1997, 1998) Second-team All-Conference USA (1996) Metro Conference All-Freshman team (1995) No. 4 retired by Charlotte 49ers
Stats  at NBA.com
Stats  at Basketball-Reference.com

DeMarco Antonio Johnson (born October 6, 1975) is an American retired professional basketball player and former assistant basketball coach at Hampton University.

Early life

Johnson graduated from North Mecklenburg High School in 1993. He was an all-county selection as a senior.^[1]

College career

Johnson attended and played collegiately for the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. He redshirted his freshman year^[2] before lettering in basketball for four years and was selected in the All-Freshman team of the Metro Conference. As a sophomore, he was a second-team All-Conference USA selection and then a two-time first-team All-C-USA selection.^[3] C-USA also named Johnson player of the year in 1998.^[4] He graduated with a bachelor's degree in criminal justice.^[5] With Johnson, Charlotte appeared in the NCAA post-season tournament in 1995, 1997, and 1998 and was the top regular season Conference USA team in 1995 and 1997.^[6]

Professional career

In the 1998 NBA draft, he was selected by the New York Knicks with the 9th pick of the 2nd round (38th overall). In his brief NBA career he played in five games for the Knicks in the 1999–2000 season, registering 6 points and 7 rebounds.

Overseas, Johnson played professionally in Italy with Sony Milano (1998–1999), Scavolini Pesaro (2000–2001, 2002), Metis Varese (2001–2002), Lauretana Biella (2004) and Sebastiani Rieti (Serie A2, 2004–2005), in Spain with Etosa Alicante, and in Greece with Olympiacos.^[7]

In January 2006, Johnson signed with KK Union Olimpija of Slovenia.^[8] In April 2007 he moved to the Israeli league and signed with Elitzur Ashkelon, where he played until the end of the season.^[9] In January 2009 he signed with Maccabi Rishon LeZion in the Israeli league.^[10] He played in the Israeli team Ironi Nahariya the next season and was waived in January 2010.^[11]

Coaching career

In 2010, Johnson became head coach of the basketball team of Providence Day School in Charlotte. The team won 18 games and made the quarterfinals for the first time since 2007. Johnson became an assistant coach at Hampton University the following year.^[5] He left the Hampton Pirates after the 2015–16 season.