As soon as Tim Slater stepped on campus Thursday at Johnson High, news started to circulate quickly about him being named the new boys basketball coach. Slater, an assistant under Allen Whitehart at Buford High the past two seasons, was already a familiar face to some of the Knights’ seniors, having coached Ty Cockfield in the GACA All-Star Game recently in Savannah. Having coached nearby, Slater already knows he’s stepping into a school where passion for basketball runs high.