Women's Basketball
McKenna, Justin
Justin McKenna
- Title:
- Basketball Strength & Conditioning Coach
- Email:
- jm100@bucknell.edu
- Phone:
- 570-577-2219
Justin McKenna arrived in Lewisburg in the summer of 2023 after spending nearly two years with the perennial successful Georgia Southern Eagles athletic programs. He will work with the Bison men's and women's basketball programs.
As an assistant strength & conditioning coach at Georgia Southern, McKenna was responsible for all aspects of strength and conditioning for women's basketball and women's tennis. Additionally, he assisted in the programming, design, and implementation of training for men's basketball. He utilized the ground-breaking Catapult to monitor team and individual load and intensity for all practice and competition. He oversaw and designed a continuing education curriculum for interns and graduate assistants. The curriculum includes coaching technique drills, program defense, networking, and interview prep.
At his alma mater, UT Arlington, McKenna served as a graduate assistant in strength & conditioning. He was responsible for all aspects of strength and conditioning for women's golf, men's tennis, and track and field throwers. He assisted in the programming, design, and implementation of training for baseball,softball, and all other track groups. McKenna utilized Fustionetics with women's golf as a movement evaluation tool to prescribe individualized mobility routines.
In 2019-20, McKenna spent a year at the University of Kentucky as the strength and conditioning assistant. He assisted in all aspects of strength and conditioning for women's basketball and volleyball. He utilized Catapult to monitor team and individual load and intensity during practice and competition. He also programmed reaction drills for women's basketball and volleyball using FITLIGHT technology and implemented Reflexive Performance Reset (RPR) as part of warm-up routine.
In the summer of 2019, McKenna worked at Duke as a sports performance coaching assistant. He assisted in the implementation of sports performance programs for men's lacrosse, baseball, volleyball, softball, M/W golf, M/W tennis, wrestling, M/W swim and dive, and M/W soccer.
McKenna graduated from St. Joseph's College of Maine in 2019 with a bachelor's degree in kinesiology and exercise science. He earned a master's degree in exercise science from UT Arlington in 2022.
As an assistant strength & conditioning coach at Georgia Southern, McKenna was responsible for all aspects of strength and conditioning for women's basketball and women's tennis. Additionally, he assisted in the programming, design, and implementation of training for men's basketball. He utilized the ground-breaking Catapult to monitor team and individual load and intensity for all practice and competition. He oversaw and designed a continuing education curriculum for interns and graduate assistants. The curriculum includes coaching technique drills, program defense, networking, and interview prep.
At his alma mater, UT Arlington, McKenna served as a graduate assistant in strength & conditioning. He was responsible for all aspects of strength and conditioning for women's golf, men's tennis, and track and field throwers. He assisted in the programming, design, and implementation of training for baseball,softball, and all other track groups. McKenna utilized Fustionetics with women's golf as a movement evaluation tool to prescribe individualized mobility routines.
In 2019-20, McKenna spent a year at the University of Kentucky as the strength and conditioning assistant. He assisted in all aspects of strength and conditioning for women's basketball and volleyball. He utilized Catapult to monitor team and individual load and intensity during practice and competition. He also programmed reaction drills for women's basketball and volleyball using FITLIGHT technology and implemented Reflexive Performance Reset (RPR) as part of warm-up routine.
In the summer of 2019, McKenna worked at Duke as a sports performance coaching assistant. He assisted in the implementation of sports performance programs for men's lacrosse, baseball, volleyball, softball, M/W golf, M/W tennis, wrestling, M/W swim and dive, and M/W soccer.
McKenna graduated from St. Joseph's College of Maine in 2019 with a bachelor's degree in kinesiology and exercise science. He earned a master's degree in exercise science from UT Arlington in 2022.
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