Justin Johnson

Biography

A former CSUN All-American, Justin Johnson enters his seventh season as head coach of the CSUN Track & Field and Cross Country programs in 2025-26. In his six seasons leading the CSUN track & field teams, Johnson's athletes have earned six All-American awards with thrower Trey Knight earning three first-team selections and two national runner-up finishes in the weight throw. Under Johnson, the Matadors have claimed 17 total Big West outdoor individual titles and nine MPSF indoor individual titles. Johnson, a four-year letter winner at CSUN from 2004-08, still holds the school's heptathlon record (5,643) and ranks second in program history in the decathlon (7,473). An All-American in the heptathlon in 2008 and a three-time national championship participant in the decathlon, he finished as the Big West Conference's runner-up in the decathlon three times and was the 2007 Western Athletic Conference heptathlon champion. A coaching veteran at the Division I level, Johnson was the assistant coach in charge of sprints and hurdles at the University of Louisville (2014-19), where he coached numerous All-ACC performers. He began his coaching career at Tulane in 2009 and returned to CSUN in 2011 as an assistant coach. A native of Oxnard, Johnson graduated from CSUN with a Bachelor's Degree in Kinesiology in May of 2008.