Saint Leo University Athletics

Latesha “Tesh” Johnson joined the Saint Leo women’s basketball staff in September of 2019. The Saint Petersburg native brings with her five years of coaching at the high school level following her own collegiate career at Flagler College.

Highlights by Season at Saint Leo
2020-2021

• SSC Tournament Semifinals appearance
• SSC All-Tournament Team, program's sixth all-time (Alex Button)
• SSC All-Conference
  • Newcomer of the Year, All-SSC First Team (Tori Lesko)
  • All-SSC Second Team (Alex Button)
  • All-SSC Newcomer Team (Kiki McIntyre)
• CoSIDA All-District (Amanda Ulrich)

2019-2020

• Recorded the program’s most SSC wins
• Recorded the program's most points/game at 40 pts. (Amanda Ulrich at Barry)
• SSC Tournament Semifinals appearance
• Host of SSC Quarterfinals
• SSC All-Tournament, Program’s fifth all-time (Amanda Ulrich)
• SSC All-Conference
  • SSC Defensive Player of the Year, program’s first all-time (Alani Gallagher)
  • SSC Freshman of the Year (Amanda Ulrich)
  • 2x All-SSC Second Team (Gallagher, Ulrich)
  • All-SSC Newcomer Team (Ulrich)

 
Coaching History
Before putting on the Green and Gold, Coach Johnson was at the helm of the East Coast United Travel Basketball Organization while also taking on the role as the Cypress Creek High School Varsity/JV Girls’ Basketball assistant coach in Orlando, Fla.
 
Prior to that, she had a two-year stint as the Jones High School Varsity Girls’ Basketball assistant coach.
 
Personal History
Her passion for coaching stems from her own student-athlete experience. Johnson competed in the Peach Belt Conference as a NCAA Division II student-athlete at Flagler. As a three-year starter, she recorded her name in the program’s record book under the fifth highest in steals and sixth in career assists.