Colorado University Athletics
Football
Sep 12 (Sat)
TBA
- Title:
- Assistant Director of Sports Performance
Kerry Johnson in his first year as the assistant director of sports performance at the University of Colorado, officially joining the staff on January 7, 2013.
Johnson came to Colorado from Duke University, where he spent the previous three years, working as an assistant strength and conditioning coach in 2010 and 2012, and in quality control the year in-between. He actually has been reunited with CU head coach Mike MacIntyre, who was his position coach at the University of Mississippi.
He lettered four seasons for coach David Cutcliffe at Ole Miss (2001-04), as a defensive back as a freshman and then at wide receiver his sophomore through senior seasons, serving as a team co-captain during the latter. The Rebels were 28-21 and the 2003 SEC Western Division co-champions during his time there, and including his redshirt season in 2000, appeared in three bowls games (2000 Music City, 2002 Independence, 2003 Cotton, winning the last two).
In his Ole Miss career, he had 70 receptions for 957 yards and six touchdowns, averaging 13.7 yards per catch. He teamed with quarterback Eli Manning for scoring plays in two of Ole Miss’ biggest games in 2003: a 41-yard catch in a 43-28 win over Alabama, and a 29-yard reception in a wild 43-40 victory over South Carolina. He also had 18 tackles and a forced fumble on special teams coverage duty.
He earned his bachelor’s degree in Sociology from Ole Miss in 2005, where he was a member of the Honor Roll. That fall, he signed as a free agent with the Atlanta Falcons in the NFL, but spent the season on the injured reserve list. He played two seasons (2007-08) in the Canadian Football League with the Winnipeg Blue Bombers, catching 52 passes for 430 yards.
Following his playing career, he returned to his alma mater, working as an academic assistant in the Ole Miss athletic department in 2009. He then was reunited with Cutcliffe, his college coach, at Duke University where he had become the Blue Devils’ head coach. His first year there he was an operations assistant, working primarily with the offense, before transitioning into strength and conditioning.
He was born March 6, 1982 in Oxford, Miss., and graduated from Oxford High School where he lettered in football, basketball, cross country and track. His hobbies include listening to music and fishing.
