Greater Columbus Basketball Legend Association
2019 GCBLA INDUCTEE
COLUMBUS, OHIO
Category: SKILLS COACH
Recognition
Former pro point guard/shooting guard, Johnny Clark, is a former Assistant Player Development/Shooting Coach for the Toronto Raptors, the Cleveland Cavaliers, and one of the premier basketball clubs in all of Europe, Olympiakos, in Athens, Greece. He has served as a Consultant in Player Development with the Milwaukee Bucks, the Indiana Fever (WNBA), and has coached at the minor league level serving as the lead assistant coach for the Great Falls Explorers (CBA) and the Fresno HeatWave (ABA). Clark also served as a Player Development Coach for the Shanxi Brave Dragons in the Chinese Basketball Association (CBA) in 2015. In May of 2013, Clark was named head coach of the Lechugueros de Leon Basketball Club for the 2013-14 season. Lechugueros competes in the LNBP - the top men’s pro basketball league in Mexico. Clark was chosen as November LNBP Coach of the Month during that season. Respectfully known in basketball circles as “the Jumpshooter”, Clark has shared his training techniques with or has served as an off-season Shooting/Player Development Coach for many current and former NBA, WNBA, European League and collegiate players. Coach Clark is also the Founder and Director of the Jump25.com OHIO All-Star Basketball Classic, which annually features many of the top mens and womens college seniors from Ohio and nationally, as well as the outstanding boys and girls high school seniors from Central Ohio and around the state.
JOHNNY CLARK
JOHNNY CLARK
SKILLS COACH