Brandon Johnson, CSCS, USAW, PES, CES

Brandon Johnson joins our staff having spent the last two seasons with the Green Bay Packers. While with the Packers, Brandon assisted in program design, implementation and data collection.

Johnson served more than two years as a graduate assistant strength coach at Purdue. Helping Boilermaker athletes improve their strength and agility, he assisted with the football, baseball, track and wrestling teams, and oversaw the school's softball, women's soccer, volleyball and men's golf squads. He began his professional career as a weight room intern at the university.

Certified as a strength coach by the National Strength and Conditioning Association, and certified as a Level 1 Club Coach through USA Weightlifting, Johnson also interned in the Packers' weight room during the summer of 2005. In 2006, he became certified as both a performance enhancement specialist and corrective exercise specialist through the National Academy of Sports Medicine.

Prior to entering the strength and conditioning field, Johnson played four seasons as a lineman at the collegiate level. A defensive tackle from 2001-02, he contributed to a pair of Sun Bowl berths, starting the '01 contest. Johnson transferred to Purdue as a walk-on and sat out the 2000 season before he earned a scholarship prior to his junior year. He began his collegiate career as a starting offensive guard at Butler (1998-99).

A four-year football letterman at Kokomo (Ind.) High School, Johnson played guard and linebacker, helping his squad to a conference title. He also threw the shot and discus, lettering three years in track. After his senior year, the school honored him with the 'Fred Rusk Total Athlete Award,' given annually to its best athlete.

Born in Kokomo, Indiana, Brandon earned his B.A. in health and fitness, he also has completed coursework toward a master's degree.