Coaching Staff

Matt Johnson

Men's Basketball

Men's & Women's Golf

Coach Johnson is entering his 3rd year as head golf coach at HCC.  He has had 2 National Tournament qualifiers in the past 2 seasons.

Coach Johnson is entering his fifth season as the head men's basketball coach at HCC.  He has guided the Cardinals to MCAC Conference Tournaments in 2009 and 2011.  In four seasons at the helm, Coach Johnson has had 12 players move on to play at Four-Year Colleges and Universities.  Prior to taking the helm at HCC, he was an assistant at HCC, for Mike Turnbull, for one season and an assistant for Ellen Thompson, at Macalester College in St. Paul, MN for one season. 

Coach Johnson played collegiately at Northland College in Ashland, WI and Finlandia University in Hancock, MI.  He received his Bachelors of Science degree in Business Administration and History from Northern Michigan University and is currently finishing up a Masters degree in Athletic Administration.  As a student-Athlete, at Northland and Finlandia, he was a 3 year starter.  He was selected Freshmen of the Year, and named to 4 All-Tournament teams. 

As a prep basketball standout at Gladstone High School, Johnson was selected All-Great Northern Conference and All-Upper Peninsula first team during his senior season in 1998-99.  He also was a two time UP State Champion in tennis and named first team All-State in 1999. 

Born May, 3 1981 Johnson is married to the former Kate Ludlow and resides in Hibbing. They have two children, Drake(5) and Lille(3). He is a member of the National Association of Basketball Coaches, the National Junior College Basketball Coaches Association, the National Junior College Golf Coaches Association and the Minnesota High School Coaches Association.

Matt Johnson
Men's Basketball Coach
Men's & Women's Golf Coach
Hibbing Community College
1515 E 25th Street
Hibbing, MN 55746
(218)-262-6740
(218)-262-6717 (Fax)