By Anthony Goods | The Athletic, 2026-06-08 10:00:36
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安东尼·古兹 (Anthony Goods) 曾与现任圣安东尼奥马刺队主教练米奇·约翰逊 (Mitch Johnson) 一起在斯坦福大学效力。古兹目前担任阿肯色州立大学的助理教练。
简单描绘一下：米奇·约翰逊是个很酷的人。
我不是说他性格孤傲。我指的是那种慢条斯理、沉着冷静的酷，就像20世纪70年代人们对这个词的定义那样。米奇走路慢，说话慢，甚至开车也慢。
我们在斯坦福大学一起上学时，经常待在一起。如果限速是每小时65英里，我会开到80英里。而米奇会开到62英里。
这就是米奇。他非常清楚自己是谁。这也是为什么他能成为一名优秀的领袖。
去年，米奇担任了圣安东尼奥马刺队的临时主教练。在格雷格·波波维奇 (Gregg Popovich) 出现健康问题后，他接过了教鞭。随后，他转为正式主教练，执教维克托·文班亚马 (Victor Wembanyama)，并承担起伴随这样一位天赋异禀的球员而来的所有期望。
但米奇是应对这种局面的完美教练人选，因为他不会被压力击垮。在任何情况下，他都能保持冷静。他会保持沉着。
我总是会回想起2008年NCAA锦标赛第二轮的那场比赛，当时我们压哨绝杀了马奎特大学。我那场打得不好，而且我们的主教练特伦特·约翰逊 (Trent Johnson) 在上半场就被驱逐出场。那是比赛中一次疯狂的转折。
但我们的表现从未动摇，因为米奇掌控了局面。他送出了16次助攻，仅有1次失误（而布鲁克·洛佩斯 (Brook Lopez) 砍下了30分）。
在那场比赛中，米奇掌控了节奏，带领我们取得了胜利。
对米奇来说，这只是家常便饭。米奇是那个组织所有人进行自发训练的人。他在大多数折返跑训练中都拿第一。他总是待在球馆里加练投篮。如果他自己不投，他就会站在篮下帮别人抢篮板。
在斯坦福为特伦特·约翰逊打球并不容易。他是一位严厉的教练。米奇总是会去鼓励大家。他会特意去确保每个人的状态都很好，并且拥有所需的能量，甚至对非奖学金球员也是如此。我们队里有一个叫肯尼·布朗 (Kenny Brown) 的非奖学金球员，米奇在训练中总是为他呐喊打气。他是每个人最大的啦啦队员。
他是我们球队的灵魂人物，因为他与每个人都保持着良好的关系。
别搞错了：他也有火爆的一面。米奇可不是好惹的。他很强硬。他会发声，而且他的声音绝对不容忽视。
我都数不清他曾把多少个球一脚踢到天花板上，或者撕烂过多少件球衣。但他有着极高的情商。
他知道如何在比赛中控制自己的情绪。他知道什么才是最重要的。他对比赛局势的敏锐度总是处于另一个高度。
这一切都归结于他的成熟。他深谙赢球的基因。他在西雅图读高中时就赢过球。他的父亲约翰·约翰逊 (John Johnson) 曾随超音速队夺得过NBA总冠军。而米奇就是我们在斯坦福大学时这种赢球基因的源泉。
看到他如今在NBA取得的所有成功，真是令人由衷地高兴。
—— 采访整理：杰森·詹克斯 (Jayson Jenks)
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点击查看原文：You may not know about Mitch Johnson, the San Antonio Spurs coach. Let me tell you
You may not know about Mitch Johnson, the San Antonio Spurs coach. Let me tell you
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Anthony Goods played with Mitch Johnson, the head coach of the San Antonio Spurs, at Stanford. Goods is now an assistant coach at Arkansas State.
To paint a picture: Mitch Johnson is a cool dude.
I don’t mean he has a cool personality. I mean a laidback kind of cool, like how they used the term in the 1970s. Mitch walks slow. He talks slow. He even drives slow.
When we were in college together at Stanford, we hung out all the time. If the speed limit was 65 miles per hour, I would be doing 80. Mitch would be going 62.
That’s just Mitch. He knows who he is. And that’s why he’s a great leader.
Last year, Mitch was the interim head coach of the San Antonio Spurs. He took over after Gregg Popovich’s health issues. Then he got the full-time job and had Victor Wembanyama and all the expectations that come along with a player that talented.
But Mitch is the perfect coach for that scenario because he is not going to struggle with pressure. He’s going to be level-headed under any circumstance. He’s going to be cool.
I always think back to our second-round game in the NCAA Tournament in 2008 when we beat Marquette at the buzzer. I didn’t have a good game, and our head coach, Trent Johnson, was thrown out of the game in the first half. It was a crazy swing in the game.
But our play never wavered, and that was because Mitch was running the show. He had 16 assists and one turnover (and Brook Lopez had 30 points).
That was a game where Mitch controlled the game and carried us to a win.
It was an everyday thing with Mitch. Mitch was the guy who organized all the open gyms. He won the majority of sprints. He was always in the gym, getting extra shots. And if he wasn’t shooting, he’d be under the basketball, rebounding for someone else.
Playing for Trent Johnson at Stanford wasn’t easy. He was a tough coach. Mitch would pick guys up. He went out of his way to make sure everybody was feeling good and that they had the energy they needed, all the way down to the walk-ons. We had a walk-on named Kenny Brown, and Mitch was always gassing him up in practice. He was everybody’s biggest cheerleader.
He was the heart and soul of our team because he had relationships with everybody.
Don’t get it twisted: He’s got a fiery side. Mitch wasn’t no punk. He was tough. He was talking and his voice would be heard.
I can’t tell you how many balls he’s kicked to the ceiling or how many jerseys he’s ripped in half. But he’s got a lot of emotional intelligence.
He knew how to control his emotions in games. He knew what was at stake. His awareness of the moment was always at another level.
It all came back to his maturity. He knew the DNA of winning. He won in high school in Seattle. His dad, John Johnson, was an NBA champ with the Sonics. And Mitch was the source of that for us at Stanford.
It’s such a joy to see all the success he’s had now in the NBA.
— As told to Jayson Jenks
By Anthony Goods, via The Athletic