Emma Johansen joined the West Florida softball staff in July 2018, after spending four years on staff at Alabama State in Montgomery.
The Argonaut offense has taken big strides in Johansen's first three years with the program, setting UWF records in slugging percentage (.494) and home runs (51) in 2021. In Johansen's first season with the offense in 2019, West Florida totaled the third-most extra-base hits, fourth-most total bases, and fifth-most doubles in program history, to go along with the third-best slugging percentage (.449) in the Argonaut record books.
In 2016, Johansen helped lead the team to 28 wins, which was the third-highest single-season win total in program history, and the Lady Hornets led the Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) in team batting average (.321), runs scored (296), hits (482), doubles (92), and home runs (38).
Johansen also helped coach ASU to its first SWAC championship, which helped clinch an NCAA Tournament berth. Before ASU, Johansen served as the assistant softball coach for Auburn University at Montgomery and played a role in leading the team to the 2014 NAIA National Championship. In the summer of 2017 and in 2019, Johansen also coached the Swedish National Team in the European National Championships.
Johansen is a former student-athlete for UWF. In 2012, she was selected to the Gulf South All-Conference team and hit .382 with a team-leading .459 on-base percentage.
