John Janovsky Season 2025-26
Updated on Sept. 23, 2025
John Janovsky joined the LSU men’s basketball staff in early September to serve as the team’s Director of Operations for the 2025-26 season.
Janovsky prior to coming to Baton Rouge served at North Carolina State for three seasons as director of scouting/quality control. During his time at NC State the Wolfpack went to the NCAA Final Four in 2024.
Janovsky has SEC experience serving two years (2019-20 and 2021-22) at Mississippi State University, serving as director of operations during the 2021-22 season.
In between, he served as operations director for South Florida in 2020-21, holding the same position at Stanford from 2016-19.
Janovsky has been involved in the college basketball community for some 15 years, including stops at UAB, Marshall and Virginia Tech. He was also part of operations for the Huntsville Flight of the NBA Developmental League. He also has coaching experience at Indiana University of Pennsylvania and one season at St. Lawrence University.
Janovsky is a native of Fayetteville, New York, and graduate in 2004 from Pittsburgh with a degree in business administration. He also had a master’s degree in adult and technical education from Marshall in 2013.
Janovsky and his wife, Lynn, have one daughter, Mia.
The John Janovsky File
Year: First (in 2025-26)
Birthdate: May 13, 1982
Wife: Lynn
Child: Mia
Hometown: Fayetteville, New York
Education: Pittsburgh, 2004
Collegiate Coaching Experience
2005-06 – Assistant Coach, St. Lawrence University
2006-09 – Assistant Coach, Indiana University of Pennsylvania
2009-10 – Coordinator of Basketball Operations, Duquesne
2010-11 — Graduate Assistant, Marshall
2011-12 – Video Coordinator, Virginia Tech
2012-15 – Director of Operations, Marshall
2015-16 – Director of Scouting and Analytics, UAB
2016-19 – Director of Operations, Stanford
2019-20 – Director of Scouting and Analytics, Mississippi State
2020-21 – Director of Operations, South Florida
2021-22 – Director of Operations, Mississippi State
2022-25 – Director of Scouting/Quality Control, NC State
2025- — Director of Operations, LSU