Mark Johnson | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Born |
Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S. | September 22, 1957||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 5 ft 9 in (175 cm) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 170 lb (77 kg; 12 st 2 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Position | Center | ||||||||||||||||||||
Shot | Left | ||||||||||||||||||||
Played for |
Pittsburgh Penguins Minnesota North Stars Hartford Whalers St. Louis Blues New Jersey Devils | ||||||||||||||||||||
National team | United States | ||||||||||||||||||||
NHL draft |
66th overall, 1977 Pittsburgh Penguins | ||||||||||||||||||||
WHA draft |
22nd overall, 1977 Birmingham Bulls | ||||||||||||||||||||
Playing career | 1979–1992 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Coaching career | |||||||||||||||||||||
Current position | |||||||||||||||||||||
Title | Head Coach | ||||||||||||||||||||
Team | Wisconsin | ||||||||||||||||||||
Conference | WCHA | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Alma mater | University of Wisconsin | ||||||||||||||||||||
Playing career | |||||||||||||||||||||
1976–1979 | Wisconsin | ||||||||||||||||||||
Position(s) | Center | ||||||||||||||||||||
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |||||||||||||||||||||
1995–1996 | Madison Monsters | ||||||||||||||||||||
1996–2002 | Wisconsin men's (Asst.) | ||||||||||||||||||||
2000 | Team USA men's (Asst.) | ||||||||||||||||||||
2002 | Team USA men's (Asst.) | ||||||||||||||||||||
2002–present | Wisconsin women's | ||||||||||||||||||||
2010 | Team USA women's | ||||||||||||||||||||
Head coaching record | |||||||||||||||||||||
Overall | 629–119–53 (.818) (College) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Mark Einar Johnson (born September 22, 1957) is an American ice hockey coach for the University of Wisconsin–Madison women's ice hockey team. He is a former National Hockey League (NHL) player who appeared in 669 NHL regular season games between 1980 and 1990. He also played for the gold medal-winning 1980 U.S. Olympic team.
Johnson was inducted into the IIHF Hall of Fame in 1999, the Wisconsin Hockey Hall of Fame in 2001, the Wisconsin Athletic Hall of Fame in 2003, and the United States Hockey Hall of Fame in 2004. He received the Lester Patrick Trophy in 2011, for outstanding service to hockey in the United States.