Entering 2025-26: 4th year as head coach
Overall record: 61-30 (.670)
The Louisville, Kentucky native Johnston, who served as an assistant coach for the Lady Tigers in the 2021 season, played volleyball at Lindsey Wilson College and was a part of their 2017 NAIA National Championship team. In her time as a Blue Raider, Lindsey Wilson collected four Mid-South Conference (MSC) championships and she served as the team captain in 2019 and 2020. Additionally, Johnston was twice an National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) Scholar Athlete and a three-time member of the MSC All-Academic selections. She graduated from Lindsey Wilson with her Bachelor of Arts in Secondary Education and History.
Since 2018, Johnston has served as Tournament Director and handled event management for HypeNation, Showtime Events, and Vette City Events. She has also been the director of volleyball skill development camps for several years.
Johnston graduated from Campbellsville University in December 2022 with her Master of Arts in Educational Leadership.
In her first year as head coach in 2022, she was named the Mid-South Conference Coach of the Year. She also had the Player of the Year in Molly Shannon and the Setter of the Year in Paige Merrick. Merrick broke the all-time assists record in 2022 as well. Her team won the Mid-South Conference regular season title for the first time since the 2007 season.
Johnston has coached the Mid-South Conference Setter of the Year in her first three years as the head coach. Paige Merrick in 2022, Camryn Rich in 2023, and Jana Krstic in 2024. Krstic earned AVCA NCCAA Player of the Year honors in 2024.
Year by Year record
2022: 21-7 (.750), 13-2 (MSC)
2023: 18-11 (.670),11-1 (MSC), Mid-South Conference Regular Season Champions
2024: 22-12 (.647), 8-4 (MSC)
