The University of British Columbia announced this week that it has promoted part-time assistant coach Brian Johns to a full-time coaching position.
The position is open because it was just created – UBC underwent a sport review, after which another full-time coaching position was added to the swimming & diving program.
Johns was a standout for UBC in the early 2000s, winning 33 gold medals at the CIS Championships. He also competed for Canada in the 2000, 2004 and 2008 Olympics, making the championship final of the 400 IM in Beijing.
Johns did his undergraduate work at UBC and also earned a Master’s Degree at the school. He had been with the swim team as a part-time assistant for the past two and a half years, and will now continue his duties in a full-time setting.
“I was very fortunate to be given the opportunity by [head coach] Steve [Price] to go right from the pool into coaching,” said Johns in UBC’s press release. “This is the right spot for me at this time. I’m learning a lot and getting the chance to grow as a coach, but more importantly we are building something special here and I am happy to be a part of it.”
