At 44 years old, Johnson is a relatively young head coach who’s had positive impacts at all of the of the programs he’s been a part of.
Upon returning from Knoxville, Mainieri told reporters that the administration had actually approached him about coaching suggestions but he didn’t reveal the names he provided.
Have a lot of resources, a great administration but you have to be confident in yourself and you can’t listen to the criticism too much.
Johnson will also inherit a young core of Dylan Crews, Tre Morgan, Cade Doughty, Javen Coleman and Garrett Edwards but will have some work to do in replacing a number of veteran pitchers and position players from the 2021 roster.
Former LSU great, Todd Walker, expressed an interest in becoming LSU’s hitting coach on the Tim Fletcher Show before the Johnson hire was reported.
Glen West has been with LSUCountry for over a year now, covering the Tigers 2019 championship run.