Nick Johnson

Nick Johnson is a Sports Performance Coach in Kansas City, Missouri. He is a former two

time state champion and college athlete. As a performance coach, he incorporates a

combination of experience and winning culture into the training and development program

for his athletes.

Coach Johnson was born and raised in Kansas City, Missouri where he attended Rockhurst

High School. He played for the football team and contributed to the attainment of two class

6A titles and received an honourable mention for his work on the field as a running back. He

went on to continue to play at the University of Central Missouri helping to bring home two

conference championships. While playing for the Mules Nick was a running back and a part

of the special teams unit which was ranked as one of top statistically in the country for

Division II football. During his final season, Nick became a student assistant coach which

propelled him into the sports industry. In his Sports Performance training framework, he

assisted with the creation of running drills for skilled position players in improving their agility,

coordination, speed, balance, power, and acceleration. After graduation, Nick went into high

school coaching and began his trajectory of developing student athletes. He has worked to

help springboard several athletes into successful seasons by implementing strength and

conditioning programs designed to improve the overall strength of athletes and lead

sessions to help improve the overall agility, speed, and explosiveness of each athlete on the

team. He has assisted students in the recruiting process and has helped over 60 students

receive letters of intent to play football at the collegiate level in NCAA and NAIA. He has

also coached professional football players and college athletes in NCAA Divisions I, II, III

and NAIA in helping them improve their overall athletic performance during their collegiate

tenure.

Currently, Nick is the owner and Head Student Athlete Development Coach for Triple Threat

Sports and Fitness Kansas City and a Physical Education teacher at KIPP Endeavor

Academy where he teaches the foundations of fitness to all middle school students. He

holds certification in Personal Training from ISSA and a Sports Performance Specialist

certification from ACE. Nick has been teaching, training and mentoring students for fifteen

years. He has made it his mission to help student athletes become successful in all areas of

life.