James Johnson Hired as VA Tech Head Men's Basketball Coach

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Virginia Tech hired James Johnson to replace Seth Greenberg as the new head men's basketball coach.

Johnson has been an assistant under Greenberg for the past five seasons.

The 41-year-old left Tech April 19 to take an assistant coaching job at Clemson but immediately became a candidate to replace Greenberg when Tech fired Greenberg April 23.

This will be Johnson's first collegiate head coaching job.

Johnson is a Virginia native and Powhatan High School graduate who's been an assistant coach at George Mason, Longwood, Old Dominion, Penn State, Elon, and the College of Charleston.

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