Mark Johnson joined the Emory University track and field program as assistant coach in September of 2011.   His duties primarily consist of coaching the vertical jumps and throws while assisting with the Eagles' multi-event athletes.

In his first two seasons on the team, Johnson has helped lead the Eagles to three University Athletic Association (UAA) Championships, and overseen the development of five-time All-American Theresa Ford, who finished second in the heptathlon at the 2013 NCAA Outdoor Championships and claimed three UAA Most Outstanding Performer honors during her career with Johnson. 

Johnson has been a part of the UAA Women's Coaching Staff of the Year on three occasions (indoor 2013 and outdoor 2012 and 2013).  He has also seen three of his athletes named to the Capital One/ CoSIDA Academic All-District First Team and one Academic All-American selection during his first two years.

Prior to Emory, Johnson’s most recent coaching stint was at Sandia Preparatory School in Albuquerque, New Mexico, where he was responsible for the boys and girls throws and horizontal jumps.  He had nine state qualifiers representing every event and coached one state champion.

Johnson served as an assistant track and field coach for the men’s and women’s programs at Williams College in 2007-08, working with the multi-events, pole vault and high jump performers.  He helped coach both teams to New England and NESCAC championships and had a pair of his athletes garner All-New England and All-NESCAC acclaim.

Prior to his stint at Williams, Johnson was an assistant coach at the University of New Mexico for two seasons (2005-06 and 2006-07) where he designed and implemented workouts for multi-events and all jumps.  He coached a total of 10 NCAA Championships qualifiers and mentored one All-American.

As an athlete, Johnson enjoyed a stellar career at the University of New Mexico.  He won the Mountain West Conference titles in both the decathlon (2002) and heptathlon (2004) and finished 15th in the decathlon at the 2004 NCAA Championships, scoring just shy of his personal best of 7,325 points.  A five-time all-MWC honoree, Johnson also qualified for the 2004 NCAA Midwest Regional Championships in the pole vault, finishing ninth with a career-best vault of 16-05.25.

He was a two-year letterwinner at goalkeeper for the UNM men's soccer team, appearing in six games from 2000-01. He and skier Stian Erikson were the first two athletes in UNM history to appear at the NCAA Championships in two different sports. The two were teammates on the 2001 men's soccer team which advanced to the second round of the NCAA Tournament.

Johnson earned First-Team Academic All-American honors for the Lobos in 2004.  The Fontana, Wisconsin native graduated in 2003 with a degree in Spanish and in 2004 earned his MBA in Marketing and Operations Management.  He posted a 3.85 undergraduate GPA, a 4.0 as a graduate student, and was a recipient of a 2004 NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship.