Gender

Male

Location

Santa Monica, CA

Birthday:

January 6

Relation to the Strength & Conditioning Industry?

High School Coach, College Coach, Professional Coach, Athlete, Personal Trainer

Name of School, Team or Business

VBC

Job Title

Olympic weightlifting coach/Strength Coach/trainer

Current Job Description

As an Olympic coach Derrick Johnson will produce weightlifters that will win national team and individual titles to go along with being selected to international teams representing their respective countries. As a strength and conditioning coach Derrick Johnson will implement his skills as an Olympic weightlifter to make athletes more explosive, and stronger while focusing on faster movements. Through extensive research Olympic weightlifters have shown that they are more explosive and powerful when compared to other athletes!

Past Job Experience

Derrick Johnson began coaching Olympic when he was 19 years old at Lift for Life Gym located in the city of St. Louis. He was named the head coach at the age of 23, he has produced national champion weightlifters, and his lifters currently represent the United States on international teams. He is also an active Olympic weightlifter who holds American records, national championships, and he came in 10th at the Olympic Trials in 2008. His goal is to make the 2016 Olympics held in Brazil. At the age of 24 he was named the head coach of the Olympic weightlifting team at Lindenwood University, which is the only program in the United States that gives scholarships to weightlifters all around the world. In its first year of 2010 his team finished in 2nd place at the National Collegiate Championships. Derrick Johnson began training fighters in 2010 at the H.I.T. Squad (Matt Hughes & Robbie Lawler's gym) to help them become better athletes and better conditioned when they are in the cage fighting. Was awarded the 2010 Developmental Coach of the Year for USA Weightlifting by the United States Olympic Committee (USOC). In 2011 Derrick Johnson put together the strongest team in American as they went on to win the men's American Open team title.

Education

Derrick Johnson graduated from Lindenwood University with a bachelor of science degree in Political Science.

School, Team or Business Hiring Status

Derrick Johnson graduated from Lindenwood University with a bachelor of science degree in Political Science.