Jake Lourim | Courier Journal

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Ousted Louisville basketball assistant coach Kenny Johnson has landed a new assistant coaching job at La Salle University in Philadelphia, according to reports from ESPN's Jeff Goodman and others.

Johnson was an assistant coach at Louisville for three seasons until the school placed him on administrative leave last Oct. 6 and fired him on Nov. 22 amid the FBI's basketball recruiting investigation.

The Justice Department's indictment last September did not name Johnson, but then-interim athletic director Vince Tyra did inform Johnson in a letter last fall that the school was looking into his potential involvement in the investigation.

Johnson has not coached since his departure from Louisville.

During his tenure, he was known as a successful recruiter, having lured V.J. King, Donovan Mitchell and others to the Cardinals.

Before Rick Pitino hired him at Louisville, Johnson was an assistant coach at Indiana University and at Towson University.

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La Salle's new coach, Ashley Howard, is filling out his staff. Howard has taken over at La Salle after five seasons across town at Villanova as an assistant coach. He has previously been an assistant at La Salle, Drexel and Xavier (for Chris Mack in 2012-13).

CBS Sports' Gary Parrish reported, citing a source, that administrators at other schools have overruled interest in hiring Johnson, but that in the La Salle case Johnson eased concerns by sharing a letter from his lawyer that says the U.S. Attorney's Office called Johnson "a potential witness in its case and nothing more."