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ASSISTANT COACH | JIMMY BOONE

Jimmy Boone joined the Hillcats as an assistant coach in April 2023.

Before arriving on the Hill, Boone served as an assistant coach at Arkansas-Fort Smith for four years. At UAFS, he recruited and coached the leading scorer in the Lone Star Conference three of the last four seasons. Under his watch, eight Lions earned All-LSC honors including the 2020 LSC Newcomer of the Year.

Prior to joining UAFS, Boone was an assistant coach at Delta State for the past seven years, where he assisted in building one of the most successful runs in Delta State history which included three trips to the NCAA National Tournament, including a Sweet 16 run in 2013, as well as a regular-season Gulf South Conference Championship in 2014 and a GSC Tournament Championship in 2019. He was instrumental in recruiting multiple All-Gulf South Conference student-athletes such as Willie Readus, Devin Schmidt, PJ Davis and Brett Warner.

Devin Schmidt (2013-2017) finished his career at Delta State as the all-time leading scorer in both Delta State and Gulf South Conference history (2,594 points), was a two-time NABC All-American and the 2016 GSC Player of the Year. Willie Readus also was named a NABC All – American and the 2014 GSC Player of the Year.

Boone spent the 2011-2012 season as an assistant coach at West Virginia Wesleyan University where he helped guide the team to its first ever NCAA National Tournament victory.  In the 2010-2011 season, he served as a student assistant coach for the Tusculum College men’s basketball program.

Boone completed a solid four-year playing career at Tusculum, where he played in 114 games and logged more than 3,100 minutes. He finished his collegiate career with 831 points and 162 three-pointers, which is the sixth-most in school history. During his junior season, he helped lead the Pioneers to a 20-11 record as they advanced to the SAC Tournament title game and later earned an at-large bid to the NCAA Division II Tournament. During that season, he earned SAC Player of the Week honors. Boone finished his career as the all-time leader in NCAA Division II wins in Tusculum history.

Boone’s prep career consisted of three seasons at Pioneer High School in Ann Arbor, Mich., and his senior season at Greeneville (Tenn.) High School. During his senior season, Greeneville won the District, Region and Sub-State titles and finished with a 28-8 record. He averaged 15 points and five assists per game as Greeneville advanced to the state quarterfinal.  At Pioneer High School, he averaged 14 points per game, while earning All-Conference and All-Area First Team honors. The two-time All-Conference and All-County selection was named Team MVP and led Pioneer to a conference title and an appearance in the sectional final in 2005.

He is the son of Jim and Stephanie Boone and has one brother, Joey. Jimmy and wife Kiara have one daughter, Charlee Mae Boone. He earned his Bachelor’s Degree in Liberal Arts from Thomas Edison State University.

ASSISTANT COACH | CODY JOHNSON

Cody Johnson joined the Hillcats as an assistant coach in August 2022.

Johnson brings seven years of coaching experience to the Hill. He comes to RSU after two seasons as an assistant coach and recruiting coordinator at Redlands Community College in El Reno, Oklahoma. While there, he helped the Cougars increase their win total in each of his two seasons. Johnson guided a team that ranked in the top 40 in the NJCAA in steals per game, assists per game and field goals per game in both seasons. He coached three All-Region players, including Josh Robinson who was the leading scorer in NJCAA Region II.

Prior to his time at Redlands, Johnson spent one season at Kilgore College in Texas as an assistant coach. With the Rangers, he helped guide the team to a third-place finish in NJCAA Region XIV, ranking as high as No. 18 in the nation. That season, he coached four All-Region selections that included three players who transferred to NCAA Division I programs.

Johnson began his coaching career as a student manager with the Oklahoma Sooners for two seasons beginning in 2015. He was part of the Sooner team that appeared in the 2016 Final Four.

Johnson holds a bachelor's degree from Oklahoma in Multidisciplinary Studies.