Cavin Johnson
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Cavin Dennis Johnson[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 11 November 1958 | ||
| Place of birth | Johannesburg, South Africa | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Platinum Stars (manager) | ||
| Teams managed | |||
| Years | Team | ||
| 2012–2013 | Platinum Stars | ||
| 2013–2014 | SuperSport United | ||
| 2015 - | Platinum Stars | ||
Cavin Johnson (born 11 November 1958[2]) is a South African football (soccer) coach who last managed Premier Soccer League club SuperSport United.[3]
Coaching career
Johnson is one of many coaches that came under the tutelage of Ted Dumitru. Before accepting the head coaching role at Platinum Stars in 2012 Johnson mainly worked as youth and assistant coach for various clubs in South Africa among them assistant coach and later head of youth development at Ajax Cape Town, Mamelodi Sundowns and most recently Platinum Stars. In his first season as head coach he led Stars to a 2nd-place finish in the PSL and subsequently joined SuperSport United to replace the outgoing Gavin Hunt.
In 1994 Johnson discovered Steven Pienaar and later brought him to the School of Excellence where Johnson worked as youth coach at the time.[4] Both hail from Westbury in Johannesburg.
References
- ↑ Kickoff PSL Yearbook 2012/2013, p. 40
- ↑ Kickoff PSL Yearbook 2012/2013, p. 40
- ↑ http://www.sport24.co.za/Soccer/PSL/SuperSport-appoint-Johnson-20130619
- ↑ http://mg.co.za/article/2013-02-22-00-brave-bets-pay-off-for-cavin-johnson