The San Antonio Spurs today announced that assistant coach Mitch Johnson has been promoted. Johnson fills the position vacated by Tim Duncan.
Additionally, Darius Songaila has been elevated to assistant coach.
Johnson was named an assistant coach with the Spurs in 2019 after spending three seasons (2016-19) as an assistant coach for the Austin Spurs, San Antonio’s G League affiliate, where he helped guide the team to the 2018 G League Championship. Prior to joining Austin, Johnson spent one season as an assistant at the University of Portland in 2016. Before his stint with Portland, he coached in the Nike Elite Youth Basketball League and served as a basketball coaching intern at Seattle University in 2011.
Johnson played collegiately at Stanford University and spent three seasons playing in the G League and overseas in Europe.
Songaila enters his third season with the Silver and Black after spending last season on the Spurs coaching staff as a player development assistant. In his first year with the team he served as a quality assurance assistant in the video department. A native of Lithuania, Songaila spent three seasons as an assistant coach with Žalgiris Kaunas in the LKL and EuroLeague before joining the Spurs.
Songaila played eight seasons in the NBA, averaging 6.9 points and 3.4 rebounds in 495 career games. He also played professionally in Lithuania, Russia, Spain, Turkey, and Ukraine. Songaila made the move to the United States while in high school and played collegiately at Wake Forest University.
