Clemon Johnson is a retired American professional basketball player and the former head basketball coach at Florida A&M. Johnson was a 6'10", 240 lb center who played 761 games for four teams during his 10 seasons in the National Basketball Association. From 1974?78 he played college basketball at Florida A&M University where he earned a Master's Degree in Sports Management. Johnson was selected with the 22nd pick of the second round of the 1978 NBA Draft by the Portland Trail Blazers. He won an NBA title with the Philadelphia 76ers in 1982-83. After his NBA playing days ended in 1988, Johnson extended his career overseas in Italy. After his professional basketball career, Johnson became an economics teacher and high school basketball coach in Tallahassee, Florida. His son Chad played college basketball at the University of Pittsburgh until 2002. In May 2007, Clemon Johnson was named interim head coach of the University of Alaska Fairbanks Nanooks men's basketball team. He served as interim head coach in 2007-08 and was named head coach following that season. He has coached the team for four total seasons. 

September 12th, 1956 in Monticello (Age 68)