Lake Washington head boy’s basketball coach Barry Johnson has been placed on leave.

According to Lake Washington School District Director of Communications Kathryn Reith he has been placed on leave and assistant coach Brian Lund will be coaching the team.

She said she couldn’t expand on why Johnson was placed on leave nor when or if he would be returning.

The Kangs are 7-3 to start this season and beat Liberty 61-48 at home on Tuesday night. The team travels to Bellevue on Friday, Jan. 6 for a KingCo match up.

Johnson has been coaching the Kangs since 2009. He helped lead the team to a district finish last season, losing to Rainier Beach. The team made the second round of the state tournament in 2010, after a several year absence.