University of Vermont Athletics

Bryson Johnson has played a key role on the UVM staff, capturing two America East Championships in two seasons on the coaching staff. Johnson joined the program as an assistant coach prior to the 2021-22 campaign.

The 2022-23 Catamounts (23-11, 14-2 AE) successfully defended their America East Title with a 72-59 victory over No. 2 UMass Lowell in the conference championship at Patrick Gym. Vermont clinched the regular season title for the seventh consecutive season, which is the second-longest active streak in the country. Finn Sullivan was named America East Player of the Year, marking the seventh straight season a Catamount received the award - the second-longest streak in NCAA Division I Men's Basketball history.

In his first season on the Vermont bench, the Catamounts recorded a 28-6, 17-1 AE mark, which is the second-highest win total in program history. No. 1 UVM defeated No. 2 UMBC 82-43 in the title game, which was the largest margin of victory in a conference championship game since 1989. The Catamounts outscored opponents by 110 points in the playoffs, which was the largest margin by any team in a single conference tournament over 40 seasons. Vermont was dominant in conference play, winning the league by six games and becoming the first team in the nation to secure a conference regular season title. Ryan Davis was named America East Player of the Year for the second consecutive season.
 
Prior to arriving to Burlington, Johnson spent five out of the previous six seasons with George Mason under former coach Dave Paulsen. He served as a graduate manager from 2015-17 then became an assistant coach at Brown for the 2017-18 campaign. He returned to George Mason to pursue his doctorate in higher education in summer 2018, before assuming his assistant coach position in 2020.
 
As a student-athlete, he was a four-year standout from 2009-13 and two-year captain at Bucknell under the leadership of Paulsen. He guided the Bison to two NCAA Tournament appearances in 2011 and 2013 plus a trip to the NIT in 2012. Johnson was a member of a Bison squad that recorded three straight Patriot League regular season championships and was the winningest class at their time of graduation, posting a 92-41 record. In the record books, he scored 1,384 career points, 11^th in program history, and earned Second Team All-League recognition in addition to Patriot League All-Tournament Team and Patriot League All-Rookie Team honors. Johnson was a two-time recipient of the Malcolm E. Musser Award for Leadership and was presented with the John F. Zeller Award as a senior.
 
Following graduation, Johnson played professionally with the Fraport Skyliners in Germany and spent a year playing in the NBL Canadian Basketball league.
 
A 2013 graduate from Bucknell with a Bachelor of Arts in Economics, Johnson was a two-time Student Athletic Committee member and member of the Bucknell Leadership Academy.  A strong student off the court, Johnson twice earned Capital One Academic All-District Team accolades in addition to being a two-time Academic All Northeast Region and three-time Academic All-League honoree. He was also a member of the Student Choices Committee and involved in numerous community service outreach opportunities.