Justin Johnson - Track & Field Coach - University of Louisville Athletic

Justin Johnson

Title:
Assistant Coach/Sprints & Hurdles
Email:
justinj@GoCards.com
Phone:
852-0111

Born: November 15
Coaching Responsibilities: Men and Womens sprints, hurdles and relays
Education: Bachelor's degree in Kinesiology (California State University Northridge, '08)
Year at Louisville: Fifth
Hometown: Oxnard, CA
Family: Wife Jaime Johnson, daughter Zola

ATHLETIC CAREER
• Four-year letterwinner in Track and Field at California State Northridge
• The 2009 runner-up in the heptathlon at the USA Track & Field Indoor Championships
• A two-time National Championship participant in the decathlon and a one-time National Championship participant in the heptathlon
• Holds the school record for the heptathlon and is a former record holder in the decathlon
• West Conference's runner-up in the decathlon, three times
• The 2007 Western Athletic Conference heptathlon champion

COACHING CAREER

2014-Present: Louisville (assistant coach)
2011-14: California State Northridge (assistant coach)
2009-11: Tulane (assistant coach)

COACHING HIGHLIGHTS

LOUISVILLE
• Coached Martice Moore to All-ACC honors in the 400m hurdles during the 2018 season
• Athletes broke two outdoor records and two indoor records in the 2018 season
• Coached Martice Moore to honorable mention All-American honors in the 400m hurdles at the 2017 NCAA Championships
• Coached four athletes to All-ACC honors (Josh Hall, Kayla Tyson, Calvin Arsenault, and Raven Grant)
• Athletes broke six outdoor records and two indoor records in the 2015 season
• Five student-athletes qualified for the NCAA East Preliminary Rounds in 2015
• Coached the 4x400m relay team to their first NCAA East Preliminary Appearance
• Coach Raven Grant and the men's 4x400m to new school records in the 2016 season

CALIFORNIA STATE NORTHRIDGE

• Produced 18 Western Regional qualifiers, two USA Junior National qualifiers and one World Championship qualifier
• Coached Hafsatu Kamara, the national record holder in the 100 meters and the 200 meters in Sierra Leone
• Coached a National qualifier 4x100 meter relay team, which went on to finish 10th at the NCAA Championships
• Coached Leshel Vines, school record holder in the 60m dash

TULANE

• Coached Estafany Cruz the Guatemala record holder in the triple jump
• 17 of his student-athletes were named to the Conference USA Commissioner Honor Roll

ALL-AMERICANS

California State Northridge

Leshel Vines, 4x100
Hafsatu Kamara, 4x100
Maire Veale, 4x100
Lexis Lambert, 4x100