Andy Johnson leaves Findlay Prep for job at Southern Utah

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Findlay Prep Pilots head coach Andy Johnson walks the sideline during the second round game ... — Findlay Prep Pilots head coach Andy Johnson walks the sideline during the second round game between #2 seed Montverde Academy and #6 seed Findlay Prep at the 2015 Dick’s Sporting Goods High School Nationals at Christ the King Regional High School on Friday, April 3, 2015, in New York. (Brett Le Blanc / Daily Commercial)

Findlay Prep’s boys basketball program will have a new head coach for the upcoming season.

Andy Johnson, who was hired as the team’s head coach in May of 2014, announced Tuesday night that he was leaving Findlay Prep to take a job at Southern Utah.

Johnson announced the move via Twitter.

“I am very excited to be joining Head Coach Todd Simon and his staff at Southern Utah University!” Johnson tweeted.

I am very excited to be joining Head Coach Todd Simon and his staff at Southern Utah University! Go Thunderbirds! pic.twitter.com/BXoACA8vCQ

— Andy Johnson (@CoachAJohnson) August 17, 2016

Earlier Tuesday night Johnson tweeted that assistant Rodney Haddix would be interim coach.

“I would like to thank The Henderson International School, teachers, administration, the Findlay Educational Foundation, coaches and all the great Findlay Prep Student Athletes we have had the privilege to coach over the last 7 years!” Johnson tweeted.

Johnson joined Findlay Prep as an assistant in 2009. The Pilots went 55-5 in Johnson’s two seasons as head coach, including a 26-2 mark last season.

Johnson did not return calls seeking comment.

Thank You… pic.twitter.com/H54wiX5nQi

— Andy Johnson (@CoachAJohnson) August 17, 2016