Bruce Johnson, who has been the head coach of SFCC’s women’s basketball team for 32 seasons is retiring after the 2019-20 season.
He has lead the women’s basketball teams to much success with four Eastern Region Championship wins. All of his teams have averaged approximately 20 wins every year.
Johnson played two years for SCC with head coach Craig Johnson and he also played for two years at Yankton College in South Dakota.
On top of all this, Johnson played professionally in Adelaide, South Australia for three years for the North Adelaide Rockets.
One of Johnson’s favorite parts of being a coach is having the opportunity to be a part of his players careers and seeing them succeed.
“We had our alumni game here this weekend, and I had 13 girls come back, and I had one come back from 20 years ago,” Johnson said. “It’s just good to see them all being successful. It’s just rewarding because you know you had a lot to do with their success.”
Of course, being a head coach is not easy. Johnson’s most challenging part of being head coach is dealing with his players becoming hurt and injured.
“Every team I’ve had lost a starter,” he said.
Johnson was voted coach of the year in 1993-94, 1994-95, 2001-02, and 2005-06. Johnson’s league record is 172 wins and 78 losses.
Each of his teams took part in 16 NWAACC tournaments within the last 20 years. Johnson is included in Rogers High School’s and Yankton College’s hall of fames.
Lee departs CCS post, Bodecker appointed as Acting Athletic Coordinator
Bruce Johnson is not the only member of CCS Athletic Program to be leaving this fall.
Bobby Lee, the previous CCS Athletic Coordinator, has taken the opportunity to take the same position at North Idaho College.
In a news release by Chief Compliance Officer Amy McCoy, she wrote, “I have known Bobby and have had the pleasure to work with him since he joined CCS, and have always been impressed by his strong work ethic and positivity. Bobby always exemplifies professionalism and has a Saling Award for Excellence as an outstanding exempt employee to prove it. While at CCS, Bobby has served as the head baseball coach, Assistant Dean of Athletics/Assistant Athletic Director and most recently as Acting District Director of Athletics/Dean of Physical Education, Recreation and Wellness. I am extremely grateful and appreciative of his willingness to step up and assume the interim role and have appreciated his tireless advocacy for student athletes and his division.”
Ryan Bodecker, who began at CCS in 2013, will be stepping up from his role as Athletic Division Marketing and Sponsorship Coordinator to become the Acting Athletic Director.
“Please join me in congratulating and thanking Ryan for his willingness to assume this acting role…” McCoy wrote. – Nick Jackson