Cavin Dennis Johnson (born 11 November 1958)Kickoff PSL Yearbook 2012/2013, p. 40 is a South African soccer coach who currently works as an assistant coach at

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in the

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. Johnson has previously managed South African clubs

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(twice),

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and

Black Leopards Black Leopards FC is a South African football club based in Thohoyandou, Vhembe Region, Limpopo that plays in the National First Division. History The club was founded in 1983 by business people in the Vhembe Region. In 1998 the club was t ...

in the

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Coaching career

Johnson is one of many coaches that came under the tutelage of

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. Before accepting the head coaching role at

in 2012, Johnson mainly worked as youth and assistant coach for various clubs in South Africa among them assistant coach and later head of youth development at

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and most recently

. In his first season as head coach he led Stars to a 2nd-place finish in the PSL and subsequently joined

to replace the outgoing

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. Johnson managed SuperSport between 2013 and 2014 for 39 matches, achieving 1.36 points per game. After being sacked by SuperSport he returned to

in March 2015, guiding the club to third place in the league in the 2015–16 season. After a ninth-placed finish in 2016–17, Johnson left Platinum Stars when the club decided not to renew his contract. On 8 August 2017, he was appointed as the head coach of newly-promoted AmaZulu in the Premier Soccer League - succeeding Joey Antipas. He was fired by AmaZulu in August 2019, after a poor start to the Club's 2019/20 season, accumulating 2 points from 15 (first 5 games), and not having won a game since April 2019. Following the resignation of

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from

on 27 December 2019, Johnson was named as the new Black Leopards mentor on 29 December 2019. On 27 January 2020, after being in charge of Leopards for only 5 matches, Johnson was suspended from his duties as head coach - this due to a string of poor performances (four losses and one draw). On 31 January 2020 it was announced that Johnson had officially parted ways with Black Leopards. He holds a SAFA Level III Pro Licence, Dutch FA (KNVB) certificate, Brazil FA Advanced Course certificate and his preferred formation is 4-4-2. In 1994, Johnson discovered

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and later brought him to the School of Excellence where Johnson worked as youth coach at the time. Both hail from Westbury in Johannesburg. In October 2020, he became an assistant coach to

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at Egyptian club

Personal life

Cavin Johnson is married, with three children. Johnson suffered a heart attack on 31 January 2020; spending two nights in hospital under observation.

Honours

Club Honours

: ** Runner-up: 2012–13 (with Platinum Stars F.C.) *The Msunduzi Cup: ** Winner: 2019 (with AmaZulu F.C.) * Kwa-Zulu Natal Premiers Cup: ** Winner: 2018 (with AmaZulu F.C.)

Personal Honours

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Coach of the Month: September/October 2015; November/December 2018

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Johnson, Cavin 1958 births Living people South African soccer managers Sportspeople from Johannesburg Platinum Stars F.C. managers SuperSport United F.C. managers AmaZulu F.C. managers