Whitnee Johnson is in her first season as an assistant gymnastics coach at Utah State. She is the head vault coach for the Aggies and also assists on floor.
Johnson joins the Aggies after spending the previous two seasons at North Carolina, where she primarily worked with the team on vault and floor. Prior to the start of the 2017 campaign, Johnson was promoted from a volunteer assistant to an assistant coach.
Prior to joining the North Carolina staff, Johnson competed at Kent State from 2012-15. During her time with the Golden Flashes, she accumulated an impressive list of accolades, both in the gym and in the classroom.
Johnson was an integral part of Kent State’s regular season championships in the Mid-American Conference in 2013 and 2014. As a senior, Johnson served as a captain for the Golden Flashes, leading the team to a first-place finish in the conference championship meet.
In May of 2015, Johnson graduated summa cum laude with a degree in exercise science. She earned academic all-MAC and scholastic All-America honors throughout her four years at Kent State. Additionally, Johnson received the Presidential Award in 2015 for sustaining a 4.0 GPA during her senior year.
Throughout her career with the Golden Flashes, Johnson notched career-high scores of 9.875 on vault, 9.825 on bars, 9.875 on beam, 9.850 on floor and 39.150 in the all-around.