Avery Johnson

Avery Johnson is an American basketball television commentator and former player and coach who led the Dallas Mavericks to the NBA Finals in 2006.

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Profession :

Basketball Player

Birthday :

March 25, 1969

Age :

56

Avery DeWitt Johnson, an American basketball television commentator, former player, and coach, is renowned for guiding the San Antonio Spurs to their inaugural NBA Championship in 1999 as their starting point guard. Johnson has also coached NBA teams such as the Dallas Mavericks and Brooklyn Nets, earning the NBA Coach of the Year award in 2006. Currently, he is the head coach of the Alabama Crimson Tide men’s basketball team and serves as an NBA and college basketball analyst for CBS Sports. Johnson holds a career free-throw percentage record in NBA history and was the first undrafted player to lead the league in assists.

Johnson has been candid about his speech impediment and has worked to overcome it, advocating for children with communicative disorders through his involvement in various charities. Some of his other notable achievements include leading the Dallas Mavericks to the NBA Finals in 2006 during his first year as a coach, serving as a basketball television commentator and analyst for CBS Sports, being known as “The Little General” and “Taz” during his playing career, and playing college basketball for Southern University and A&M College. Johnson won the NBA Championship as a player in 1999 with the San Antonio Spurs.