Cavin Johnson
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Cavin Dennis Johnson[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 11 November 1958 | ||
| Place of birth | Johannesburg, South Africa | ||
| Teams managed | |||
| Years | Team | ||
| 2012–2013 | Platinum Stars | ||
| 2013–2014 | SuperSport United | ||
| 2015–2017 | Platinum Stars | ||
| 2017– | AmaZulu | ||
Cavin Dennis Johnson (born 11 November 1958)[1] is a South African soccer coach who has managed Premier Soccer League clubs Platinum Stars (twice) and SuperSport United.
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. Johnson managed SuperSport between 2013 and 2014 for 39 matches, achieving 1.36 points per game.
After being sacked by SuperSport he returned to Platinum Stars in March 2015,[2] guiding the club to third place in the league in the 2015–16 season. After a ninth-placed finish in 2016–17, Johnson left Platinum Stars when the club decided not to renew his contract.[3]
He holds a SAFA Level III Pro Licence, Dutch FA (KNVB) certificate, Brazil FA Advanced Course certificate and his preferred formation is 4-4-2.
In 1994 Johnson discovered Steven Pienaar and later brought him to the School of Excellence where Johnson worked as youth coach at the time. Both hail from Westbury in Johannesburg.[4]
References
- 1 2 Kickoff PSL Yearbook 2012/2013, p. 40
- ↑ LIVE, Times. "Cavin Johnson re-appointed as Platinum Stars coach". Times LIVE. Retrieved 2017-01-10.
- ↑ "Platinum Stars part ways with Johnson". ESPN. 5 June 2017. Retrieved 11 July 2017.
- ↑ Tlou, Clyde (17 April 2014). "Emotional Pienaar thanks Cavin". SuperSport. Retrieved 11 July 2017.