Kere Johanson

Kere Johanson is a New Zealand men's softball player and coach. He coaches the Australia women's national softball team.

Personal Johanson, a native New Zealander,

Softball

Playing Johanson started playing softball in New Zealand during the 1970s, and played in the infield.

Johanson has played on the New Zealand men's national softball team, and represented them at several world championships including the 1988, 1992, 1996, and 2000 championships. His New Zealand team won the Championships in 1996 and 2000, and finished second in 1988 and 1992.

In 2002, he was playing club softball for the Western Australian side, Stirling Central. He was with the team when they competed at Australia's national club championships. He also believes in an approach that considers on and off field behaviour when it comes to team selection. He coached the team to victory in a January 2012 three-game test series at the Hawker International Softball Centre in Canberra against New Zealand, where the team won 11–4 and 8–0 in two of the games. He was using this series to help evaluate players in the lead-up to the World Championships and for future player development for the 2014 World Cup. He continued on in this role in 2010.