Kelvin Johnson joined the UCF coaching staff in June of 2017 as the program's Director of Player Development. He then began his tenure as Special Assistant to the Head Coach ahead of the 2024-25 campaign.
In the seven seasons Johnson has been on staff, the Knights have complied an 124-91 record, been to the NCAA Tournament (2018-19), two NITs (2022-23 and 2023-24) and placed over 40 athletes on the AAC, Big 12 and Big 12 Rookie All-Academic Teams.
Johnson played a role in developing UCF's first one-and-done and first round selection in Taylor Hendricks, who was selected by the Utah Jazz with the ninth overall pick in the 2023 NBA Draft. Hendricks posted 15.1 points and 7.0 rebounds per game while tallying a team-high 59 blocks.
Johnson, who grew up in the Washington D.C. area, played against head coach Johnny Dawkins in youth and high school basketball. Johnson was a standout at DeMatha High School before moving on to play collegiately at Richmond.
A four-year starter and two-time captain of the Spiders, Johnson was an integral member of Richmond's first ever postseason team that appeared in the 1982 NIT, and the school's first NCAA Tournament team, defeating Auburn in the first round in 1984.
Johnson, a fifth round pick of the Indiana Pacers in the 1985 NBA Draft, was inducted into the Richmond Athletics Hall of Fame in the Class of 2008-09.