2017-18 Headsho

Jamila Johnson

Jamila Johnson enters her second season as the head of the women's golf program at the University of Maryland Eastern Shore.

Johnson is also an instructor in the PGA Golf Management program at Maryland Eastern Shore.

Prior to being the women's head coach, Johnson coached the men's team and helped relaunch the program in 2009 after a 38 year absence from competition.

She is a former player at Jackson State University where her team captured three Southwestern Athletic (SWAC) Conference Championships and was a two-time All-Conference selection. Johnson was a four-year starter on the program a three-time captain and earned the Lifetime Captain award upon graduation.

She has been involved in the golf academy for 28 years and is a recipient of the Golf Digest Junior Instructional School Scholarship. Johnson is also a Hollywood Golf Lifetime Instructor.

In 2007 she obtained a Bachelor of Arts in Visual Communications from American Intercontinental University and earned a degree in computer science from Jackson State University in May 1998.