Justin Johnson is in his first season as head track and field/cross country coach at Fort Hays State in 2025-26.
He transitioned to Hays after four years at Biola University, a member of NCAA Division II in La Mirada, Calif., where he was an associate head coach for the last two seasons after spending two years as the lead assistant coach. Following the 2026 outdoor season, Johnson was named the USTFCCCA West Region Women's Assistant Coach of the Year. He coached the sprint/hurdle/relay group for the Eagles, helping the women to 54 of BU's 195 points when they won the program's first-ever team title at the 2026 PacWest Outdoor Championships.
Eboselulu Omofoma, who scored all of Biola's points for the women's squad in both 2025 and 2026 at the NCAA Outdoor Championships, earned four All-America honors in hurdles and triple jump under Johnson's guidance. On the men's side, he coached Joshua Widdows to All-America status and a national runner-up finish in the 400-meter hurdles in 2026, and Stephen Jungmichel to All-America honors in 2023 in the decathlon. A total of 30 program records were broken during Johnson's four-year run.
Prior to his time at Biola, Johnson served as the head track & field and cross country coach at Westcliff University, an NAIA affiliate in Irvine, Calif. He has also spent time as a camp director for the Nike Track and Field Summer Camp held at Boise State University in Idaho, as well as serving as a track and field and cross country coach at the high school level in both California and Texas. He also helped coach hurdles for the Carl Lewis-Athletic Stars Track Club in Texas.
A native of San Antonio, Texas, Johnson earned his bachelor's degree in accounting from the University of Houston–Downtown in 2012 and received his master's degree in sports administration from the University of Mary Hardin–Baylor in 2019.
