Jay Johnson’s relationship with his former boss runs deeper than most relationships out there
Behind every great coach is a person that they originally learned it from. For Arizona’s Jay Johnson, it is University of San Diego Toreros head coach Rich Hill.
Hill gave Johnson his first-ever D-1 job, hiring him as an assistant prior to the 2006 season. Johnson then spent the next eight seasons under Hill, learning the ins and outs of being a head coach at the highest of levels in college baseball after one year as the head man at NAIA Point Loma Nazarene.