Coach Gina Johnson begins her 28th season with the Lady Mustangs Basketball program (639-218) and 32nd as a Community College Head Coach (724-245). The Lady Mustangs have been a program to contend with since Coach Johnson took over in 1996 and led the Mustangs to their first Bay Valley Conference title in 1997. Under Coach Johnson, the Mustangs have advanced to post season competition in all twenty-seven seasons as head coach. The Mustangs continued their success in the Bay Valley Conference as Champions in 2001, 2002, 2003 and 2004. San Joaquin Delta Women’s Basketball became a member of the new Big 8 Conference in 2005 and went on to win the conference championship in 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2014, 2015, 2020, and 2022. Coach Johnson has a .75 winning percentage reaching her 700th win as a community college coach in 2022 in February vs. American River College. 

The Mustangs were Conference Champion for the 13th time in 2022 advancing to the Northern California playoffs as the No. 1 seed. The Lady Mustangs received a Northern California #1 seed and faced West Hills College in the 1st round of playoffs. Delta beat West Hills 81-41 at home advancing to the 3rd Round to play Skyline (#8). The Mustangs beat Skyline 61-49 with a solid defensive team effort. Delta advanced to the California State Elite 8 to face the Southern California #4 seed Palomar College at West-Hills College. The Mustangs beat the Comets 72-66 to advance to the Final Four. The Mustangs faced Southern California #1 ranked Irvine Valley College (#2 seed) and had to battle from behind to earn the victory. Delta beat IVC 77-74 to advance to the State Finals. The Mustangs came up short in the State Finals (71-76) against Sierra College finishing 30-3 on the season. In 2023 the Mustangs advanced to the NorCal Finals losing a close contest vs. Sierra College 44-47 finishing the season 23-7.  

Coach Johnson was named Northern California Coach of the Year by her colleagues in 2002, 2015 and 2020. The Mustangs have gone on to dominate the conference winning thirteen championships in the past twenty years. Coach Johnson has been named Conference Coach of the Year 2004 through 2008, 2014, 2020, and 2022. Johnson is proud of the players that have graduated and transferred to four-year institutions. There are over 97 former Mustangs that have earned basketball scholarships since 1996. The Mustangs have a 97% transfer and graduation rate since 1997. This is due to the strong academic focus within the Delta Women’s Basketball program. 

The 2022-23 Mustangs carried a 3.2 Team GPA and had seven players earn academic awards at the Torch of Excellence awards ceremony in 2023. In addition to the strong academic culture, Coach Johnson’s coaching philosophy includes teaching an up-tempo style of offense and defense. Johnson’s goal as a coach is to help develop her student-athletes on and off the basketball court. Her main objective is to prepare her athletes to transfer and assist them in earning an athletic scholarship. Coach Johnson wants to do what it takes to prepare her student-athletes for the academic and athletic demands that four-year schools place on student-athletes. 

Coach Johnson is a 1991 graduate of Cal Poly State University in San Luis Obispo. She finished her playing career in 1990 as a two-year starting guard for the Cal Poly Lady Mustangs. Prior to Cal Poly, Johnson was a Junior College All-Conference player and All-State player for DeAnza College. She was named MVP of the Coast Conference in 1988 and was honored as a player to the California Community College First Team All-State. She holds a Master’s of Arts degree in Health, Physical Education, Recreation, and Athletic Administration from St. Mary’s College in Moraga. Coach Johnson is married to Mike Johnson who is on the coaching staff as the Mustangs’ Recruiting Coordinator. She has two sons, Brandon (26) and Brady (24). Brandon finished his degree in Kinesiology at Boise State University in 2019 and currently resides in Huntington Beach. He works as a Video Producer for STN Digital. Brady graduated from San Diego State (2022) with an Aerospace Engineering degree and finished his master’s degree in mechanical engineering from Cal in 2023. He resides in the Bay Area and works as a Systems Engineer.