General | 6/10/2020 11:54:56 AM

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (June 10, 2020) - The National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics (NACDA) named Jim Johnson, director of intercollegiate athletics at Pittsburg State, as a Division II Under Armour Athletics Director of the Year. 

Johnson is a two-time Athletic Director of the Year winner and is in his 10th year leading the Gorillas’ athletic department. During his tenure, PSU has captured three NCAA Division II national championships, made two Elite Eight appearances and won 26 MIAA Championships. In 2018-19, Pittsburg State claimed the MIAA Commissioner’s Cup presented by McCownGordon honoring the conference’s top overall program. 

He is currently serving a four-year term as the MIAA representative on the NCAA Division II Management Council through January 2022; he was elected to serve as vice-chair for the 2019-20 academic year.  Johnson also concurrently serves on the Division II Planning and Finance Committee, the Division II Championships Committee, and the MIAA’s COVID-19 Task Force. In 2018-19, he served as D2 ADA President. 

For more information about the 2020 Under Armour Athletic Directors of the Year, please click here.