Men's Basketball
Nick Johnson
- Title:
- Director of Basketball Operations
- Email:
- njohn117@utm.edu
Nick Johnson is in his third season serving as the director of basketball operations for the University of Tennessee at Martin men's hoops program in 2026-27.
This is Johnson's second stint as an assistant under Skyhawk head coach Jeremy Shulman as he previously was a member of his coaching staff at Eastern Florida State College.
Last season, UT Martin tied a school-record 22 victories while achieving 13 Ohio Valley Conference wins (only one shy of the program record). The Skyhawks were responsible for a .727 nonconference winning percentage entering league play, which was the best mark in the school's NCAA Division I Era (since 1992) with at least three games played.
In 2025-26, UT Martin ranked in the top-10 in NCAA Division I men’s basketball in scoring defense (63.2 points per game, third), three-point percentage defense (.292, fourth), field goal percentage defense (.390, sixth) and offensive rebounds per game (13.88, eighth). UT Martin also ranked in the top-25 nationally in steals per game (8.8, 21st), rebounds per game (39.91, 22nd) and rebound margin (+6.5, 24th) while topping the OVC with 8.03 three-point field goals made per contest. The Skyhawks' 143 blocked shots last season were the most in school history while its 1,317 rebounds were just two away from UT Martin's all-time record.
Navigating the entire 2024-25 season without a single minute of playing time from a returner, the Skyhawks won their first-round matchup in the OVC Championship tournament, posting 14 victories against a brutal schedule that included five postseason participants (three of which took part in the NCAA Tournament) and nine games against eventual 20-win teams. UT Martin went 3-1 against the OVC regular season champion (1-1 against Southeast Missouri) and tournament champion (2-0 against SIUE) while also defeating CollegeBasketballInsider.com champion Illinois State. In addition to NCAA Tournament participant SIUE, the Skyhawks also recorded sweeps over OVC rivals Western Illinois, Eastern Illinois and Southern Indiana.
UT Martin wound up ranking in the top-20 in NCAA Division I men's basketball in offensive rebounding per game (13.73, 12th), bench points per game (29.73, 17th), rebounds per game (39.42, 19th) and three-point field goal attempts per game (28.8, 20th) in 2024-25. The Skyhawks also topped the OVC in three-point field goals made (9.1 per contest) and offensive rebounding (13.1 per outing) in league play.
At Eastern Florida State, Johnson served as an assistant coach alongside current UT Martin assistant coach Truman Moore for the past two seasons in Melbourne, Fla. During that time, the Titans pieced together a 49-15 overall record and went 25-6 against conference competition. That included a 27-5 record and 14-2 mark in Citrus Conference action in 2023-24, leading to the program’s 11th league title in the last 12 seasons.
Before Johnson accepted the position at EFSC, he spent one season as a graduate assistant under head coach Gabriel Rutledge at Webber International, a NAIA program located in Babson Park, Fla. Johnson helped with many aspects of the Warrior program, including recruiting, practice, filming and scouting.
Johnson was a student assistant for four seasons at North Florida, working under head coach Matthew Driscoll – the program’s all-time winningest coach. In his four seasons (2017-21) as an undergraduate, the Ospreys combined for 59 victories and a 35-23 record (.603 winning percentage) in Atlantic Sun Conference action. That included a historic 21-win campaign in 2019-20 as North Florida went 13-3 in league play to capture the ASUN regular season title with Martin native (and eventual UT Martin men’s basketball coaching staff member) Garrett Sams on the roster. The Ospreys led all of NCAA Division I men’s basketball with 391 three-point field goals made per game and received a postseason invitation before the season was cancelled in March.
A Merritt Island, Fla. native, Johnson has coached at basketball camps put on by ESPN college basketball analyst Jay Bilas Basketball Camp and Louisville head coach Pat Kelsey.
Johnson graduated from North Florida in 2021 with a bachelor’s degree in sport management.
This is Johnson's second stint as an assistant under Skyhawk head coach Jeremy Shulman as he previously was a member of his coaching staff at Eastern Florida State College.
Last season, UT Martin tied a school-record 22 victories while achieving 13 Ohio Valley Conference wins (only one shy of the program record). The Skyhawks were responsible for a .727 nonconference winning percentage entering league play, which was the best mark in the school's NCAA Division I Era (since 1992) with at least three games played.
In 2025-26, UT Martin ranked in the top-10 in NCAA Division I men’s basketball in scoring defense (63.2 points per game, third), three-point percentage defense (.292, fourth), field goal percentage defense (.390, sixth) and offensive rebounds per game (13.88, eighth). UT Martin also ranked in the top-25 nationally in steals per game (8.8, 21st), rebounds per game (39.91, 22nd) and rebound margin (+6.5, 24th) while topping the OVC with 8.03 three-point field goals made per contest. The Skyhawks' 143 blocked shots last season were the most in school history while its 1,317 rebounds were just two away from UT Martin's all-time record.
Navigating the entire 2024-25 season without a single minute of playing time from a returner, the Skyhawks won their first-round matchup in the OVC Championship tournament, posting 14 victories against a brutal schedule that included five postseason participants (three of which took part in the NCAA Tournament) and nine games against eventual 20-win teams. UT Martin went 3-1 against the OVC regular season champion (1-1 against Southeast Missouri) and tournament champion (2-0 against SIUE) while also defeating CollegeBasketballInsider.com champion Illinois State. In addition to NCAA Tournament participant SIUE, the Skyhawks also recorded sweeps over OVC rivals Western Illinois, Eastern Illinois and Southern Indiana.
UT Martin wound up ranking in the top-20 in NCAA Division I men's basketball in offensive rebounding per game (13.73, 12th), bench points per game (29.73, 17th), rebounds per game (39.42, 19th) and three-point field goal attempts per game (28.8, 20th) in 2024-25. The Skyhawks also topped the OVC in three-point field goals made (9.1 per contest) and offensive rebounding (13.1 per outing) in league play.
At Eastern Florida State, Johnson served as an assistant coach alongside current UT Martin assistant coach Truman Moore for the past two seasons in Melbourne, Fla. During that time, the Titans pieced together a 49-15 overall record and went 25-6 against conference competition. That included a 27-5 record and 14-2 mark in Citrus Conference action in 2023-24, leading to the program’s 11th league title in the last 12 seasons.
Before Johnson accepted the position at EFSC, he spent one season as a graduate assistant under head coach Gabriel Rutledge at Webber International, a NAIA program located in Babson Park, Fla. Johnson helped with many aspects of the Warrior program, including recruiting, practice, filming and scouting.
Johnson was a student assistant for four seasons at North Florida, working under head coach Matthew Driscoll – the program’s all-time winningest coach. In his four seasons (2017-21) as an undergraduate, the Ospreys combined for 59 victories and a 35-23 record (.603 winning percentage) in Atlantic Sun Conference action. That included a historic 21-win campaign in 2019-20 as North Florida went 13-3 in league play to capture the ASUN regular season title with Martin native (and eventual UT Martin men’s basketball coaching staff member) Garrett Sams on the roster. The Ospreys led all of NCAA Division I men’s basketball with 391 three-point field goals made per game and received a postseason invitation before the season was cancelled in March.
A Merritt Island, Fla. native, Johnson has coached at basketball camps put on by ESPN college basketball analyst Jay Bilas Basketball Camp and Louisville head coach Pat Kelsey.
Johnson graduated from North Florida in 2021 with a bachelor’s degree in sport management.
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