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Frank Johnson (basketball)

American basketball coach and former player

Field	Value
name	Frank Johnson
image	Frank Johnson, Duke Chronicle 1981 All-ACC.jpg
caption	Johnson with Wake Forest in 1981
height_ft	6
height_in	1
weight_lb	185
birth_date
birth_place	Weirsdale, Florida, U.S.
high_school	Lake Weir (Summerfield, Florida)
college	Wake Forest (1976–1981)
draft_year	1981
draft_round	1
draft_pick	11
draft_team	Washington Bullets
career_start	1981
career_end	1994
career_number	15, 3
career_position	Point guard
years1	–
team1	Washington Bullets
years2
team2	Houston Rockets
years3	1989–1991
team3	A. Ranger Varese
years4	1991
team4	Marr Rimini
years5	1991–1992
team5	Olympique Antibes
years6	–
team6	Phoenix Suns
cyears1	–
cteam1	Phoenix Suns (assistant)
cyears2	–
cteam2	Phoenix Suns
cyears3
cteam3	Milwaukee Bucks (assistant)
stats_league	NBA
stat1label	Points
stat1value	4,937 (8.3 ppg)
stat2label	Rebounds
stat2value	1,025 (1.7 rpg)
stat3label	Assists
stat3value	2,476 (4.2 apg)

First-team All-ACC (1981)
2× Second-team All-ACC (1978, 1979) Franklin Lenard Johnson (born November 23, 1958) is an American former professional basketball player and coach. He played ten seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA) for the Washington Bullets, Houston Rockets and Phoenix Suns.

Playing career

In high school, he played basketball for the Lake Weir Hurricanes. During his junior year in 1974–1975, he was a star for the 33–0 Hurricanes team that won Marion County's first state championship.{{cite web |access-date = April 22, 2021 |archive-date = April 22, 2021 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20210422185840/https://www.ocala.com/article/LK/20100805/News/604191884/OS |url-status = dead

He played professionally in Italy for Ranger Varese (1989–91, played in the finals of the Italian Championship in 1990) and Marr Rimini (Serie A2, 1991).

Coaching career

Johnson coached the Phoenix Suns for almost two seasons beginning February 17, 2002, before he was fired on December 10, 2003, and replaced by assistant Mike D'Antoni. The official reason for the firing was routine—the team had performed poorly in 2003-04—but an article in the Arizona Republic reported that some of Johnson's personal behavior caused a minor scandal for the Suns ownership. He had worked as an assistant coach with the Suns beginning late in the 1996–97 season under Danny Ainge and Scott Skiles before being promoted.

Career playing statistics

NBA

Source

Regular season

|- | 79 || 29 || 25.7 || .414 || .215 || .750 || 1.9 || 4.8 || 1.0 || .1 || 10.7 |- | 68 || 65 || 34.2 || .408 || .230 || .751 || 2.6 || 8.1 || 1.6 || .1 || 12.5

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46
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14
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18
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75
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67
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77
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70
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596

Playoffs

|- | 7 || || 40.0 || .385 || .417 || .857 || 3.1 || 8.4 || 1.4 || .0 || 15.6 |- | 4 || || 39.0 || .571 || .333 || 1.000 || 3.3 || 6.3 || 1.3 || .0 || 14.3 |- | 2 || 0 || 19.5 || .286 || .167 || 1.000 || 2.0 || 3.5 || 1.0 || .0 || 7.5 |- | 3 || 0 || 9.3 || .286 || – || 1.000 || .7 || 1.7 || .3 || .0 || 2.7 |- | 5 || 0 || 8.8 || .318 || .000 || 1.000 || .4 || .2 || .8 || .0 || 3.6 |- | 4 || 0 || 9.0 || .333 || .000 || .600 || 1.3 || 1.8 || .3 || .0 || 2.5 |- | 22 || 0 || 7.8 || .440 || .333 || .862 || .5 || .8 || .3 || .0 || 3.2 |- | 7 || 0 || 6.6 || .083 || .000 || .500 || .6 || .7 || .3 || .0 || .4 |-class="sortbottom" | 54 || 0 || 14.8 || .397 || .276 || .857 || 1.2 || 2.3 || .6 || .0 || 5.4

Head coaching record

|- |31||11||20|||| align="center"|6th in Midwest|||—||—||—||— |- |82||44||38|||| align="center"|4th in Midwest|||6||2||4|| |- |21||8||13|||| align="center"|(fired)|||—||—||—||— |- class="sortbottom" | ||134||63||71|||| ||6||2||4||||

Personal life

Frank earned his nickname “Fourth Quarter Frank” for his clutch performances helping the team grind out close games.

Family

Johnson's brother "Fast Eddie" also played in the NBA. He spent more than eight seasons with the Atlanta Hawks, and closed out his career with stints in Cleveland and Seattle. Eddie was a two-time (1980, 1981) All-Star while with the Hawks.

References

"Frank Johnson NBA playing stats". Sports Reference LLC.
"Legabasket".
"Help Center - The Arizona Republic".
(January 19, 2017). "#TBT: Fourth Quarter Frank".

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