TOOLS OF THE MECHANIC: UNDER THE HOOD WITH HURDLE COACH BOOGIE JOHNSON

When someone tells you who they are, listen. Lawrence “Boogie” Johnson—the 2013 USA Track & Field Coach of the Year and current Head Track & Field Coach for California State University, Northridge (CSUN)—has the bona fides to call himself whatever he chooses. Even as he trains a crew of notable Olympians, including 2016 Rio medalists Brianna McNeal (formerly Rollins), Dalilah Muhammad, and Kristi Castlin, rather than bill himself as an expert or a master or an elite instructor, Coach Johnson instead self-identifies by a far more humble and specialized term: The Hurdle Mechanic… (READ “Tools of the Mechanic: Under the Hood with Hurdle Coach Boogie Johnson” HERE)