Former Southern star named 2005-06 NBA Coach of the Year > NBA|DIGEST News Service April 25, 2006 NEW YORK, April 25 -- Dallas Mavericks coach and former Southern University basketball star Avery Johnson has been named the winner of the Red Auerbach Trophy as the NBA Coach of the Year for the 2005-06 season, the NBA announced Tuesday. In his first full season as the Mavericks head coach, Johnson received 419 points, including 63 first-place votes, from a panel of 124 sportswriters and broadcasters throughout the United States and Canada. Coaches were awarded five points for each first-place vote, three points for each second-place vote and one point for each third-place vote received. The 2004-05 Coach of the Year Mike D’Antoni of the Phoenix Suns was second with 247 points (27 first-place votes) and the Detroit Pistons’ Flip Saunders was third with 223 points (18 first-place votes). Johnson, the first coach in Mavericks history to receive the honor, led the Mavericks to a 60-22 (.732) record, the third-best mark in the league and tied for the best season in franchise history. Johnson, named head coach on March 19, 2005, was the fastest coach to 50 wins (50-12) and recorded the best start by a first-time coach in league history, winning 66 of his first 82 games. Johnson led the Mavericks to a 34-7 mark at home, tied with the San Antonio Spurs for the best home record in the Western Conference. Dallas Mavericks head coach Avery Johnson yells instructions to his team during the second half of their NBA basketball game against the Utah Jazz Sunday, April 16, 2006, in Dallas. Dallas won 111-95. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum) Johnson’s focus on defense guided the Mavericks to the third-best point differential in the league, as they posted 99.1 points per game while holding opponents to a franchise-low 93.1 points. This year marked only the seventh time in the franchise’s 26 years that the Mavericks held opponents under 100 points per game. After being outrebounded last season, they tallied 3.9 more rebounds per game than their opponents this season (3rd best in the league), pulling down 42.2 boards per game and holding opponents to 38.3. After retiring as a player on Oct. 28, 2004, Johnson began the 2004-05 season as an assistant coach with the Mavericks. In 16 NBA seasons, Johnson played 1,054 games and averaged 8.4 points, 5.5 assists, 1.7 rebounds and 25.3 minutes. Johnson spent the majority of his playing career in San Antonio (1992-2001), where he was part of the 1999 NBA Championship team and remains their all-time leader in assists. The Coach of the Year Award is named after legendary coach and Hall of Famer Red Auerbach who guided the Celtics to nine NBA Championships. In 1996, Auerbach was honored as one of the Top 10 Coaches in NBA History as the NBA celebrated its 50th anniversary. COLLEGE NOTES: Johnson was a college standout at Southern University where he led the NCAA in assists as a junior and senior. He was named the Southwestern Athletic Conference Player of the Year and the MVP of the conference tournament both seasons as well. He still holds several NCAA Division I records including the most assists in a single game, the highest single season assists average and the highest career assists average. Led by Johnson's defense-minded coaching style, Johnson’s focus on defense guided the Mavericks to the third-best point differential in the league, as they posted 99.1 points per game while holding opponents to a franchise-low 93.1 points. Johnson was a college standout at Southern University where he led the NCAA in assists as a junior and senior. He was named the Southwestern Athletic Conference Player of the Year and the MVP of the conference tournament both seasons as well. Johnson's odyssey began at New Mexico Junior College in 1983-84...He later transferred to Cameron College in Oklahoma and then spent his last two seasons of eligibility at Southern University in his hometown of New Orleans...His scoring output was modest (9.2 ppg in two seasons), but his playmaking was spectacular...Johnson averaged 10.7 assists in 1986-87 and 13.3 assists in 1987-88, leading all NCAA Division I players both years...Johnson compiled a career assists average of 8.97 per game, an all-time Division I record. He also set an NCAA record for assists in a game with 22 against Texas Southern on January 25, 1988...He was the Southwestern Athletic Conference Player of the Year and MVP of the conference tournament both seasons.

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DATE OPPONENT PLACE RESULTS Sept. 4 MCNEESE STATE Baton Rouge Loss 17-35 Sept. 11 MISSISSIPPI VALLEY Baton Rouge Won 17-14 Sept. 18 at Prairie View A&M Houston, Texas Won 42-12 Sept 25 SOUTH DAKOTA ST. Baton Rouge Loss 24-31 Oct. 2 #at Alabama State Montgomery, Ala. Won 42-41 Oct. 9 at Alabama A&M Huntsville, Ala. Won 33-24 Oct. 16 JACKSON STATE New Orleans Won 45-7 Oct. 23 at Alcorn State Lorman, Miss. Won 23-20 Oct. 30 TEXAS COLLEGE Baton Rouge Homecoming Won 50-17 Nov. 13 TEXAS SOUTHERN Baton Rouge 3 p.m. Nov. 27 $GRAMBLING STATE New Orleans Bayou Classic 1 p.m. Dec. 11 SWAC Championship Game Birmingham, Ala. 3 p.m. (Schedule and times are subject to change due to television). $ Bayou Classic (Superdome, New Orleans) NBC National Broadcast Southern University Ticket Office (225) 359.9328

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