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Meet John Evans

John Evans' Background:

Men’s Head Track Coach, Mohawk High School

  • Managed 28 men with minimal assistance
  • Provided specific, individualized, and progressive training to promote long term athletic development
  • Taught correct sprinting, jumping, and throwing mechanics specific to track and field
Spring, 2015

Graduated College

Earned a Bachelor of Science in Exercise Science with a 3.98 GPA

May, 2015

USA Track and Field: Level 1 Coach

Received my first certification at the national level. 

Aug, 2015

Undergraduate Professor

Taught three undergraduate courses: exercise physiology lab, anatomical kinesiology lab, and physical well-being

Fall, 2015

Olympic Training Site Weightlifting Coach

Communicated training ideas and received feedback while working with OTS coach, Vance Newgard

Fall, 2015

Collegiate Volunteer Assistant Track Coach, NMU

  • Helped organize team training
  • Assisted in planning training for short sprints, hurdles, and jumps
Fall, 2015

Sprints, Hurdles, Jumps Intern - ALTIS

  • Accumulated 500+ hours apprenticing under Stu McMillan, Dan Pfaff, and Andreas Behm
  • Assisted in the Olympic preparation of 16 athletes, including Andre De Grasse, Greg Rutherford, and Ameer Webb.
  • Attended 3 Apprentice Coaching Programs and 2 Performance Therapy Programs, featuring lectures from Brett Bartholomew, John Berardi, and Matt Jordan
  • Assisted with ATLIS social media accounts, including live tweeting, videoing, and reviewing ALTIS 360 content
Summer, 2016

Worked in Research Lab

  • Assess blood lactate measures through implementation of Accusport Blood Lactate Analyzer
  • Implement blood lactate protocols to assess lactate thresholds
Spring, 2017

Received Master's Degree

Received my Master's Degree in Exercise Science with a 3.81 GPA

May, 2017

Sports Performance Coach, Athletic Lab: Cary, NC

  • Assistant coached post-collegiate decathletes
  • Designed and implemented social media and marketing strategies
  • Assisted with sport science at the 2016 USATF Olympic Trials
  • Prior to working, interned 1000 hours as mentee to founder, Mike Young, PhD
Summer, 2017

Collegiate Volunteer Assistant Track Coach, Duke

  • Assisted Duke track and field coaches in daily training for hurdles, jumps, sprints, and multi event athletes
  • Specialized in coaching technical elements for men’s and women’s high jump
  • Helped lead Duke women’s track and field to a first and second place finish at ACCs
Fall, 2019