Avery Johnson

Avery Johnson is one of those rare figures who excelled at every angle of the game. Listed at 178 cm, undersized for the NBA, he willed himself into an elite point guard, then proved his basketball mind again by winning the 2006 Coach of the Year Award. His 1998 Sportsmanship Award hints at the character that made teammates and players believe in him. To me, what makes him compelling is how much of his success came from intelligence and resolve rather than physical gifts. A New Orleans kid out of Southern University who became player, coach, and respected analyst, he speaks about the game with a credibility few can match.

Name (English)

Avery Johnson

Name (Japanese)

エイブリー・ジョンソン

Reading

えいぶりー・じょんそん

Born

March 25, 1965 (age 61)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Aries / Snake

Origin

New Orleans, Louisiana, United States

Height

178 cm

Occupation

basketball player / basketball coach

High school

St. Augustine High School

University

Southern University

Awards & achievements

• 1998 NBA Sportsmanship Award
• 2006 NBA Coach of the Year Award

• Xhttps://x.com/CoachAvery6
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avery%20Johnson
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A8%E3%82%A4%E3%83%96%E3%83%AA%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B8%E3%83%A7%E3%83%B3%E3%82%BD%E3%83%B3
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q676481

Tags

• Louisiana
• basketball player
• basketball coach

Last updated

2026-06-20

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