Fayetteville State University Athletics

Dr. Reeshemah Johnson joined the staff at Fayetteville State University as head coach in 2009. Johnson has led FSU to four CIAA Championships (2012, 2013, 2019, & 2021), and was named CIAA Coach of the Year on four occasions (2012, 2014, & 2018-19). Johnson and her team have made six appearances in the conference championship match (2009, 2012-14, 2016, & 2019-21).  

In her tenure at the helm of the Broncos program, Johnson compiled a 230-110 (.672) overall record and 159-36 (.809) conference record. She has coached over 50 All-CIAA performers and two conference Players of the Year in Jasmine Jacinto (2019; Defensive) and Casandra Watson (2019; Rookie).  

Fayetteville State volleyball has established a reputation for excellence within the conference. Johnson captured her first conference title in 2012. FSU won a school record of 28 games and posted a perfect 16-0 record in conference; just the second team in program history to do so. Fayetteville State followed up with a 19-win season in 2013 and their second consecutive conference championship.  

Johnson led the Lady Broncos to the CIAA Southern Division title for the fourth straight season in 2014. FSU ended the 2014 season with an overall record of 18-9, a 14-2 mark in the CIAA, and a third consecutive trip to the conference championship match. Six student-athletes received All-CIAA regular-season honors and Johnson was named the CIAA Coach of the Year.  

FSU won their fifth conference championship in school history under Johnson. A total of eight Fayetteville State Players earned postseason honors including Nwokolo, who was named Honorable Mention on the AVCA All-Region team. Joi Emanuel was named the CIAA Tournament's Most Valuable Player.   

During the 2019 season, as CIAA Coach of the Year, she led Fayetteville State to their sixth volleyball championship with a 3-0 sweep over Shaw University. Under her guidance, Da'Nesha Miller received Championship Most Valuable Player, Jessica Williams and Cassandra Watson were named to the All-Tournament team, and Chynna Hunt earned First Team All-CIAA. They also earned the Southern Division title after the win over Johnson C. Smith University, 3-1 capping their season with a 14-6 overall, 14-2 conference record.   

In the 2021 season, after a participation pause due to the pandemic, Johnson guided her team to their seventh championship title in back-to-back fashion with a 3-0 sweep over Shaw University. Four Broncos were named to the All-Tournament team: Jaida Bynum, Jasmine Jacinto, Casandra Watson, and Da’Nesha Miller, who received Championship Most Valuable Player once again.   

During the 2017 season, she led the Broncos to the championship matchup versus Virginia State University, and although they lost, four players received CIAA honors: Arlicia Ortiz was named First All-CIAA team, Jayde Jacobs was named Second All-CIAA team, and Nia Bell and Nakia McKinnie received All-CIAA Second Team honors.   

In 2016, she led FSU to a championship matchup against Shaw University where Arlicia Ortiz and Jayda Jacobs were selected to the CIAA All-Tournament team.   

In 2011, she led FSU to a CIAA Southern Division championship after 20-13 overall and 13-3 in the conference. That followed a 2010 season in which Fayetteville State posted a 15-8 record overall and 12-4 mark in CIAA play.  

In 2009, her first season at the helm, Johnson led the Lady Broncos to the CIAA Championship finals and runner-up status after a 19-9 campaign, including a 15-2 record against conference opponents.  

Reeshemah Johnson served as an assistant coach for FSU under former head coach Elorine Hill from 1998 to 2000. In her three seasons as an assistant, Fayetteville State captured the 1998 CIAA title and finished second in 1999 and 2000.  

As a student-athlete at FSU, Johnson helped blaze a trail that is still being followed by the Lady Broncos today. In 1996, she captained the Lady Broncos' first CIAA Championship team; while being named FSU's Student-Athlete of the Year.  

Johnson won the same award in 1997 and set an NCAA Division II record for service aces in a four-game match.  

A 1998 graduate of Fayetteville State, with a Bachelor of Science degree in accounting, she was named NCAA Woman of the Year for North Carolina in the same year.  

After receiving a Master of Business Administration degree from FSU in 2000, Johnson became a full-time faculty member in the Department of Marketing and Business Education at her alma mater.  

She has 11 years of university faculty experience and two years of public school teaching experience.  

On the court, away from Fayetteville, Johnson is a national volleyball representative for Jamaica. In 1999, she was given the Best Setter Award for the Caribbean Volleyball Championships. She has coached Fayetteville area girls ages 10 to 17 in the Fayetteville Spikes Volleyball Club.  

Johnson brings an intimate knowledge of Fayetteville State University's policies, procedures, and the community it serves, gained through experiences as a student, staff, and faculty member.