Fairfield University Athletics

2015-16

Coleman Johnson’s experience made him key role player in the team’s 19-win season, averaging 2.3 points per game. More importantly, his defense changed games at times as the forward blocked a team-best 37 shots in 29 outings. He placed fifth in the MAAC with 1.3 rejections per contest in 2015-16, raising his career average to 1.08 blocks per game (128 in 118 games). Johnson finished among the top six shot blockers in Fairfield history following his career. He blocked five or more shots in five games during his career, highlighted by a personal-best three games in 2015-16. He set a career-high with six rejections at Canisius, the first game in a three-game run that saw the senior post 14 blocks (4.8 per game). Johnson was also effective on the boards, registering 3.7 per game. He tied his career-best with 11 caroms against Wagner, a mark he also reached at Loyola and at Canisius during 2013-14. Johnson was one of the program’s most accurate shooters, netting 42 percent of his career field goal attempts (183 of 440). 

2014-15
Johnson was a force in the paint as a junior, ranking among his teammates as well as in the MAAC for blocked shots all season long. He rejected two or more shots in 11 games and finished the campaign with 37 blocks in 27 games. Those numbers placed him in a tie for third among MAAC leaders with 1.5 blocks per game. The forward tied his career-high with five blocks at Siena. Johnson also showed his ability to score points during the year, starting with his season-high 17 points against Central Connecticut in the season opener. He followed up with an 11-point effort at Duke, netting five of seven shots from the floor. Johnson was also successful around the backboard, securing five or more rebounds in 11 outings. He posted seven rebounds in a game three times with the most recent game coming at Canisius in late February. He played a personal-best 40 minutes against Saint Peter’s, the first time he played from start to finish as a Stag.

2013-14
Johnson posted 5.6 points and 4.5 rebounds per game as a sophomore, gaining 28 starts in 32 appearances. The forward was a regular in the lineup, averaging just over 20 minutes per game (660 minutes). He posted a career-high 11 rebounds in two different games during 2013-14. Johnson just missed a double-double in both of those outings, registering nine points and 11 rebounds at Loyola as well as eight points and 11 rebounds at Canisius. He netted 10 or more points six times, including three straight games – Providence (10 points), Quinnipiac (12 points), and Iona (16 points). After not recording a field goal in his first two games, he made a basket in 29 of his final 30 games. Johnson was equally successful on the defensive side of the court, recording at least one block in 16 games and two or more rejections in seven contests. He blocked a career-best five shots at Bucknell.  He placed 11th in the MAAC with 0.9 blocks per game.

2012-13
Johnson saved his best for last as the forward posted both of his double-digit scoring games in the final two contests of the season. He started with 10 points against Manhattan in the MAAC tournament semifinals before registering a career-best 18 points at Kent State in the first round of the CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament (CIT). Johnson shot 68 percent from the floor in the team’s four postseason games (17 of 25), including a 9 of 12 night against Kent State. Johnson scored in five straight games twice during the year, averaging 8.4 points per game from March 3-20 and 2.6 points from December 22 to January 11, Johnson scored in 20 of his 29 appearances, which helped the Virginia native finish the year with a 3.4 scoring average. He also averaged two rebounds per game, grabbing 28 offensive and 30 defensive rebounds over 29 games. Johnson was one of only two Stags to not attempt a three-point shot in 2012-13, joining Amadou Sidibe for that distinction. He shot 50 percent or better from the field in 15 of his 29 appearances, helping him accumulate a .549 field goal percentage.

Before Fairfield
Johnson averaged 12 points and nine rebounds per game at Paul VI High School. He turned in his best of the season against Gonzaga High School when he netted a career-high 34 points and completed a double-double with 16 rebounds. As a junior, Johnson earned the most valuable player award at Paul VI, where he started since his freshman season. He helped the program capture its first state championship in 2009. The 6-6 forward averaged 12 points, eight rebounds, and 3.5 blocks per game. Johnson collected 10 or more points in nine games a year ago. He showed his ability to play under pressure when he tallied 25 points, 18 rebounds, and six blocks in a state tournament win over Bishop O’Connell in 2010-11.

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