Stanford announced yesterday that men’s basketball head coach Johnny Dawkins had signed a contract extension through the 2015-16 season. His previous contract, a six-year deal, was set to expire before the 2013-14 season.

Entering his fourth year at the helm of the Cardinal program, Dawkins has a 49-48 record, including a 20-win season in 2008-09 that saw Stanford reach the semifinals of the College Basketball Invitational. He brought in a top-20 recruiting class last season to help fill the void left by the departures of the Lopez twins in 2008 and Landry Fields in 2010. Dawkins helped develop Fields into a second-round pick and starter for the New York Knicks and looks to do the same with Pac-10 All-Freshmen honorees Anthony Brown and Dwight Powell during their sophomore seasons.

His successes off the Farm include a 2008 Olympic gold-medal run, serving as Player Personnel Director, and an 11-year stint at Duke under world-renowned coach Mike Krzyzewski. Dawkins was also Duke’s all-time leading scorer with 2,556 points from 1986 until 2006, when J.J. Redick, a player of his, beat that record.

–Joseph Beyda