Mark Johnson
Johnson at the 2010 Winter Olympics
Born	(1957-09-22) September 22, 1957 (age 66) Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S.
Height	5 ft 9 in (175 cm)
Weight	170 lb (77 kg; 12 st 2 lb)
Position	Center
Shot	Left
Played for	Pittsburgh Penguins Minnesota North Stars Hartford Whalers St. Louis Blues New Jersey Devils
National team	United States
NHL Draft	66th overall, 1977 Pittsburgh Penguins
WHA Draft	22nd overall, 1977 Birmingham Bulls
Playing career	1979–1992
Coaching career
Current position
Title	Head Coach
Team	Wisconsin
Conference	WCHA
Biographical details
Alma mater	University of Wisconsin
Playing career
1976–1979	Wisconsin
Position(s)	Center
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1995–1996	Madison Monsters
1996–2002	Wisconsin men's (Asst.)
2000	Team USA men's (Asst.)
2002	Team USA men's (Asst.)
2002–present	Wisconsin women's
2010	Team USA women's
Head coaching record
Overall	629–119–53 (.818) (College)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
7× National Champion (2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2019, 2021, 2023) 9× WCHA regular season champion (2006, 2007, 2011, 2012, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2020, 2021) 10× WCHA tournament champion (2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2019, 2021, 2024)
Awards
4× AHCA Coach of the Year (2006, 2007, 2009, 2011) 9× WCHA Coach of the Year (2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2016, 2019, 2021)
Medal record Representing the  United States Olympic Games Men's ice hockey 1980 Lake Placid Team competition Coach for women's ice hockey 2010 Vancouver Team competition

Mark Einar Johnson (born September 22, 1957) is an American ice hockey coach for the University of Wisconsin–Madison women's ice hockey team. He is a former National Hockey League (NHL) player who appeared in 669 NHL regular season games between 1980 and 1990. He also played for the gold medal-winning 1980 U.S. Olympic team.

Johnson was inducted into the IIHF Hall of Fame in 1999, the Wisconsin Hockey Hall of Fame in 2001, the Wisconsin Athletic Hall of Fame in 2003, and the United States Hockey Hall of Fame in 2004. He received the Lester Patrick Trophy in 2011, for outstanding service to hockey in the United States.

Playing career

Amateur career

As a teenager, Johnson attended James Madison Memorial High School in Madison, Wisconsin, where he was on the hockey team. He then played for the University of Wisconsin–Madison ice hockey team for three years under his father, legendary coach Bob Johnson. In 1977, during his first year at the university, he helped the Badgers win the NCAA national championship. He was the first Badger to win the WCHA Rookie of the year. He went on to become the school's leading goal scorer and second all-time scorer. Johnson was also a two time All-American. His younger brother, Peter, also played at the university.^{[citation needed]}

International and professional career

Johnson made his international debut with the United States national team as an 18-year-old in 1976, when he played in 11 training games for the 1976 U.S. Olympic ice hockey team coached by his father. He represented the United States in 13 international tournaments (including the 1978, 1979, 1981, 1982, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1990 Ice Hockey World Championship tournaments and the 1981, 1984 and 1987 Canada Cup). He was a star player on the "Miracle on Ice" U.S. Olympic Hockey team at the 1980 Lake Placid winter games.^{[citation needed]}

Playing for the United States against the Soviet Union, Johnson scored two of the four goals in the Team USA 4–3 victory. His first goal, scored with one second left in the game's first period, led to the Soviet coach taking out his goalie, Vladislav Tretiak, who was considered the best goalie in the world at the time;^[1] years later, when Johnson asked Soviet defenseman Slava Fetisov, now an NHL teammate, about the decision, he was simply told, "Coach crazy".^[2] He also scored in the third period to tie the game at 3–3. The team then defeated Finland to capture the gold medal, with Johnson assisting on the game-winning goal and scoring the insurance goal with less than four minutes remaining in the game. Johnson was named team MVP.^{[citation needed]}

Johnson went on to play professional hockey in the NHL for the Pittsburgh Penguins, Minnesota North Stars, Hartford Whalers, St. Louis Blues, and New Jersey Devils. He played in the 1984 NHL All Star game as the Whalers representative and served as the Whalers' captain in 1983–85. He also played two seasons with Milan Saima SG in Italy and a final season in Austria before retiring in 1992. He briefly came out of retirement to play two games for Team USA in the 1998 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships qualifying tournament at the age of 41, where he helped Team USA retain its position in the World Championships' Pool A.^{[citation needed]}

In 2010, thirty years after winning the Olympic gold medal as a player, Johnson coached the United States women's national ice hockey team, which won a silver medal in the Vancouver games.^[3]

On February 9, 2019, the University of Wisconsin retired #10 during a pre-game presentation at the Kohl Center. Johnson was the first player to have his number retired.^{[citation needed]}

Personal life

Johnson has completed a B.A. degree in kinesiology at the University of Wisconsin in 1994.^[4] Johnson's son, Patrick Johnson, played for the men's hockey team at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. He coaches his daughter, Mikayla, who plays for the women's hockey team at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. His other son, Chris Johnson, played for the men's hockey team at Augsburg College, and now serves as an assistant coach on the Augsburg men's ice hockey team. His other daughter, Megan, also plays hockey for the women's team at Augsburg College.^{[citation needed]}

Michael Cummings played Johnson in the 1981 TV movie Miracle on Ice. Eric Peter-Kaiser portrayed him in the 2004 Disney film Miracle. Peter-Kaiser was playing college ice hockey for SUNY Potsdam when he got the part.^[5]

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

International

Awards and achievements

College

• WCHA Freshman of the Year (1977)^{[citation needed]}
• All-WCHA First Team – 1978, 1979^[6]
• AHCA West All-American – 1978, 1979^[7]
• WCHA Most Valuable Player (1979)^{[citation needed]}

NHL

• Played in NHL All-Star Game (1984)^{[citation needed]}

Other

• Johnson was inducted into the IIHF Hall of Fame in 1999.^[8]
• Johnson was inducted into the Wisconsin Hockey Hall of Fame in 2001^{[citation needed]}
• He was elected to the Wisconsin Athletic Hall of Fame in 2003^{[citation needed]}
• Johnson was inducted into the United States Hockey Hall of Fame in 2004^{[citation needed]}
• 2011 Lester Patrick Trophy for outstanding service to hockey in the United States^[9]

Coaching career

Johnson is the head coach of the University of Wisconsin–Madison women's ice hockey team, a position he has held since 2002. The team won its first NCAA national championship on March 26, 2006. They repeated as national champions in 2007, 2009, 2011, 2019, 2021, and 2023. Prior to coaching the women's team, Johnson was an assistant coach for the Wisconsin Badgers men's ice hockey team from 1996 until 2002.^{[citation needed]}

He served as an assistant coach for the American national men's hockey team in 2000 and 2002. On July 6, 2006, he was named head coach of the American women's team as part of a general reorganization of the program, leading the women's hockey team to a silver medal at the 2010 Olympics.^[10]

Johnson coached the Madison Monsters minor league hockey team during their inaugural 1995–96 season.^[11]

• Tracey DeKeyser served as interim head coach for the 2009–10 season, while Johnson coached the US Olympic Women's Ice Hockey Team to a silver medal at the XXI Winter Games.