|
Overall |
NSIC |
| Year |
W |
L |
Pct. |
W |
L |
Pct. |
| 2015-16^ |
9 |
10 |
.474 |
8 |
9 |
.471 |
| 2016-17 |
19 |
10 |
.655 |
15 |
7 |
.682 |
| 2017-18 |
13 |
18 |
.419 |
8 |
14 |
.364 |
| 2018-19* |
21 |
7 |
.750 |
17 |
5 |
.773 |
| 2019-20 |
15 |
14 |
.517 |
12 |
10 |
.545 |
| 2020-21# |
11 |
6 |
.647 |
9 |
5 |
.643 |
| 2021-22 |
19 |
8 |
.704 |
14 |
7 |
.667 |
| 2022-23 |
14 |
14 |
.500 |
10 |
12 |
.455 |
| 2023-24 |
20 |
8 |
.714 |
16 |
6 |
.727 |
| 2024-25!$^ |
29 |
3 |
.906 |
20 |
2 |
.909 |
| Overall |
170 |
98 |
.634 |
126 |
77 |
.621 |
| ^ - NCAA Tournament Appearance |
| $ - NSIC Tournament Champions |
| ! - NSIC Regular Season Champions |
| * - NSIC South Division Champions |
| ^ - starting Jan. 1, 2016 |
| # - shortened due to COVID-19 |
Amanda Johnson enters her 11th season in 2025-26 after officially being named the program's ninth head basketball coach in April, 2016 following a successful stint as interim head coach in the second half of the 2015-16 season.
Johnson led the Golden Bears to win the NSIC Regular Season and NSIC Tournament Championships in 2024-25. CSP had a program-best 29-3 overall record and earned the team's first berth in the NCAA Tournament in over a decade. Johnson was also named NSIC Coach of the Year, becoming the second coach in program history to earn the honor.Â
In 2021-22 Johnson became Concordia's third head coach to reach 100 career wins, joining her predecessor Paul Fessler (326-148) along with the first to do it, Jack Surridge (199-124). Johnson is now 170-98 after her 10th season at the helm of the program, and finished the 2024-25 season with her seventh winning-record campaign.
One of the top post players in Concordia basketball history, Johnson assumed the interim head coach position during winter break of the 2015-16 season and led the program to a 9-10 record highlighted by a 9-6 finish that included an NSIC Sanford Health Tournament first round victory.
In her first full season in 2016-17, Johnson led the team to a fifth place finish in the NSIC and a third place finish in the South Division as the team compiled a record of 19-10 (15-7 NSIC) on the season.
The Golden Bears claimed their first NSIC regular season crown under Johnson in 2018-19 as the team rattled off a 17-5 record in league play and a 21-5 overall record. The strong season marked the first 20-win season for the program since their 2013-14 trip to the NCAA Elite Eight and their first conference title since 2012-13.
Johnson returned to the Golden Bears in 2012-13 after a strong stint as a professional player in Australia. She returned to pursue a master's degree in sport management and initially was tabbed with working with the post players. As a graduate assistant, the Golden Bears captured two NSIC Championships and an NCAA Central Region Championship with a trip to the Elite Eight during her first two years on staff.
Concordia Playing Career
The two-time All-Region performer led the Golden Bears to back-to-back NSIC regular season and tournament championships and was two-time NSIC Player of the Year in the process. Johnson set the school single-season scoring record with 551 points as a junior in 2006-07 as she led the Golden Bears to the NCAA Central Region Championship game and the school's second Sweet 16 run.
She averaged 16.8 points and 8.6 rebounds while shooting 52.4% from the floor and finished as Concordia's seventh all-time leading scorer despite playing three years for the Golden Bears (2005-08).
She had a 30-point, 20-rebound performance in the 2006-07 region title game. Her 726 career rebounds rank second in Concordia's Division II-era (1999-present), just 16 shy of the school record. She also scored 1,426 career points in 94 games, adding 112 steals and 81 blocked shots.
The St. Croix Lutheran High School graduate was a business and marketing major at Concordia as an undergraduate. She began her college career at Division I Winthrop University, playing in 27 games with three starts with a Big South Freshman of the Week award.
Coaching Beginning
Johnson brings prior coaching experience to the Golden Bear huddle, working as an assistant coach at New Life Academy.
Professional Playing Career
After her Concordia playing career came to a close, Johnson pursued professional basketball in Australia, playing for the Ringwood Hawks where she was a 2010 Big V League MVP and helped the Hawks to a Victoria State Championship. She posted averages of 15.6 points and 14.3 rebounds most recently.
She also worked at Freedom Mortgage in the Twin Cities between Australian seasons.
Amanda and her husband, Eric, currently reside in Hudson, Wisconsin with their three children: Jase, Skylar and Logyn.
