USD Women's Basketball 2001-2002

6 University of San Diego Coaehing Staff ERIK JOHNSON 4th Season Assistant Erik Johnson begins his fourth season on San Diego's staff, brin9ing proven experi– ence as a recruiter, motivator and enthusias– tic teacher of the game. Erik serves as the defensive coordinator for the Toreros and coaches the wing players individually. Johnson shares the recruiting duties with Dawn Bake and plays a major role in practice planning and scout– ing. In Johnson's second season at USD, he helped the Toreros win theWest Coast Conference Tournament title and earn a birth into the 2000 NCAA Tournament. Before joining the Torero staff, Johnson spent four seasons at the University of Rhode Island-the last two as a first assistant un– der Head Coach Linda Ziemke. In addition to managing the bulk of the recruiting duties for the Rams, Johnson's primary coaching responsibilities at URI included developing post players, shoot– ing, defense and scouting. A native of San Jose, CA, Johnson was a four-year letter-winner

at UC San Diego, leading the Tritons to three NCAA Division III Tournament appearances including a Sweet-16. He served as captain and was the team's leading scorer as a senior completing his career as the all-time career and single-season three-point record holder. Johnson holds a Bachelor's degree in Psychology from UC San Diego (1994) and completed his Master's Degree in Adult Education at the University of Rhode Island (1997). Johnson and wife Laura Davis, who was a member of the USA NationalVolleyball team for five years, currently reside in Mira Mesa. -- DAWN BAKER 1st Season Assistant

Dawn Baker comes to Alcala Park as a first-year assistant under Torero Head Coach Kathy Marpe. No stranger to theWest Coast Conference, Baker's playing and coaching career now includes three WCC schools. Dawn coaches the Torero post players and assists Coach Marpe with the USD of–

fense. Baker joins Erik Johnson to coordinate recruiting efforts and plays a major role in scouting and practice planning. Baker was an All-WCC Player at the University of San Fran– cisco in 1994 and was twice named the WCC Player of the Week during her two years as a Don. From 1995-2000, Baker served as an assistant coach and was the recruiting coordinator at the University of Portland. She coached a Pilot team to an undefeatedWCC record of 14-0 and an overall mark of 27-3 in 1997. Most recently Baker served as the Head Coach of the Leipzig Eagles, a semi-pro team in Leipzig Germany. Under

Baker's direction, the Eagles advanced into the country's Elite Eight, in the Pokal National Tour– nament. Baker took the Eagles from the third division level into division two, after just one season. Baker was honored with the Charles L. Harney award given to the student-athlete with the highest GPA, graduating Magna Cum Laude from San Francisco in 1994.