Winona, Minn. -- Winona State University baseball assistant coach Ben Johnson has been hired at Dakota Wesleyan University, joining newly named head coach Charlie Dubanoski on staff with the Tigers. The two share a Winona State connection, as Dubanoski was a graduate assistant at WSU between 2012-14.
Johnson, who earned his masters degree in sports management from Winona State, has served on head coach
Kyle Poock's staff for the past four years, first as a graduate assistant, and later as an assistant coach. With the Warriors, Johnson had a range of duties including recruiting, game management, practice planning and camp organization.
Prior to his time on staff at Winona State, Johnson was a standout student-athlete at Saint Mary's University of Minnesota. He earned All-MIAC First Team honors as a pitcher for the Cardinals in 2014.
For the complete Dakota Wesleyan press release on Johnson's hiring, please
click here.
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Fourteen Warrior programs compete at the NCAA Division II level within the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference (NSIC). Winona State University competes as an affiliate member of the Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (WIAC) in the sport of women's gymnastics.
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