Birmingham-Southern College Women's Basketball

Nyla Johnson enters her first season has the Head Coach of the women's basketball team. Johnson spent last season as Assistant Coach for the Alabama A&M women's basketball team. She developed team scouting reports, was responsible for guards skills individual workouts, and oversaw recruiting visits and other recruiting matters for the Bulldogs. Before becoming Assistant Coach for Alabama A&M, Johnson spent two seasons as the Assistant Coach at Temple College where she coached two WBCA Juco All-Americans and assisted the program to back to back Regional Finals. Before Temple College, she spent three seasons at Alabama A&M as a Graduate Assistant. In her collegiate playing career, Johnson spent time at Faulkner University on the women's basketball team. Her accolades as a student-athlete include being in the Top 10 in scoring and rebounding, 2012 Freshman of the Year, 2015 Champion of Character and helping her team to a conference championship in the 2012-2013 season, as well as making it to the second round of the National Tournament.