High school basketball: Greensboro Day head coach Freddy Johnson becomes sixth to reach 1,200-win plateau

North Carolina coaching legend has won 12 state championships since taking over program in 1977.

Freddy Johnson became the sixth high school basketball coach to notch his 1,200th win — and the first from North Carolina — as his Greensboro Day (Greensboro) squad knocked off Caldwell Academy (Greensboro) 66-65 on Friday night.

Maine commit Ace Flagg and junior guard Marty Giant each scored a team-high 15 points in the milestone victory for Johnson as the Bengals were able to erase a 10-point, third-quarter deficit to pick up their 10th win of the season.

Johnson joins Gary McKnight of Mater Dei (Santa Ana, Calif.) and Richard Duease of Madison-Ridgeland Academy (Madison, Miss.) as the only active coaches with 1,200 wins. ...

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