Ka'lia Johnson

Ka'lia Johnson played basketball at Duke University from 2011-2015, professionally in Europe for a year, has coached at a number of women's college basketball programs, and was recently named an Assistant Coach at Towson University. She talks about being an army brat as a kid before settling in the Richmond, Virginia area, and getting into basketball through her athletic family. She discusses her great high school career at Thomas Dale High School, becoming a Duke fan in middle school, and committing to her dream school as a Sophomore. Ka'lia details the transition to college and becoming great friends with the rest of her class (nicknamed EJAK). She also details her career highlights at Duke which included two Elite 8 appearances, an ACC Tournament Championship, playing with so many great players, staying ready when her number was called, recording a triple-double, and a senior night victory by 1 point over UNC. She describes her season playing professionally overseas in Switzerland and the Czech Republic, how she got into coaching, her coaching highlights so far in her career, and her new role with Towson.