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Allan Johnson
Player Profile
Position:
Dir. of Football Strength & Conditioning
Experience:
5th Season
College:
Glenville State, 1979
Johnson, who is considered one of the top strength and conditioning coaches in the United States, was named National Strength and Conditioning Coach of the Year in 2002.
Allan Johnson is in his fifth year as Director of Strength and Conditioning for the Ohio State football team. He joined the Buckeye staff in the summer of 2001.
Johnson, who is considered one of the top strength and conditioning coaches in the United States, was named National Strength and Conditioning Coach of the Year in 2002. A year later, he was inducted into the National Strength and Conditioning Hall of Fame. He received the title of Master Strength and Conditioning Coach in 2001. The latter is a national award and is voted on by strength and conditioning coaches at the collegiate and professional sports levels.
Johnson came to Ohio State from West Virginia University where, in two separate stints, he spent a total of 13 years as strength and conditioning coach. At WVU, he oversaw the in-season and off-season conditioning programs for all 21 of the Mountaineers' varsity sports.
Johnson also spent four seasons with the Baltimore Orioles and was one of the first full-time strength and conditioning coaches in major league baseball. During that time, Johnson worked with the Orioles' legendary Cal Ripken.
A native of Parkersburg, W.Va., Johnson graduated from Glenville State College in 1979 with a degree in exercise science. He was an all-conference pick in both football (offensive guard) and track (discus).
Johnson spent the next two years as an assistant high school coach (football and basketball) at Federal Hocking in southeastern Ohio before going to West Virginia University to work on his master's degree.
He was a graduate assistant strength coach at WVU in 1982 and '83. Shortly after receiving his master's in sports management in 1983, he became the Mountaineers' head strength and conditioning coach.
Johnson left West Virginia following the 1988 season to join the staff of the Baltimore Orioles. He remained with the Orioles through the 1992 season, returning to West Virginia in November of that year.
Johnson was selected as the Big East Strength and Conditioning Coach of the Year in 1997, '98 and 2000. He was Region II Strength Coach of the Year in 1988.
In 1986, Johnson was selected to serve on the National Strength and Conditioning Association's Special Olympics Advisory Board.
Johnson has had several articles published in various fitness magazines, including The American Fitness Quarterly and The National Strength and Conditioning Association Journal.
He and his wife, Jan, have one son, Adam (17).
