Justin Lovett is in his fourth season as director of football strength & conditioning. He was hired Dec. 21, 2016.
Lovett joined the Boilermakers after three seasons in a similar capacity at Western Kentucky. During his time with the Hilltoppers, Lovett helped build Western Kentucky to back-to-back Conference USA championships (2015 and 2016) and two straight bowl victories (2014 Popeyes Bahamas Bowl and 2015 Miami Beach Bowl). Five players were selected by National Football League teams, including a school-record-tying three in 2016. Western Kentucky went 30-10 overall during Lovett’s tenure, including a 19-5 mark in conference play.
Prior to Western Kentucky, Lovett spent two seasons with the strength & conditioning staff at Georgia. The Bulldogs posted a 20-7 overall record, played in the 2012 SEC Championship Game and in two January bowl games (2013 Capital One Bowl and 2014 Taxslayer.com Gator Bowl). Including first-rounders Todd Gurley, Jarvis Jones and Alec Ogletree, a total of 15 players were selected by NFL teams in Lovett’s two seasons at Georgia.
Lovett worked with the Denver Broncos from 2009 to 2011, starting as an intern before moving to assistant strength & conditioning coach the final two years. While with the Broncos, the team won the 2011 AFC West Division and was among the top five teams in the NFL in terms of having the fewest amount of practices and games missed by starters in 2009 and 2011. Denver had eight players voted to the Pro Bowl during Lovett’s time there.
Lovett got his start in the collegiate ranks at UTEP from 2008 to 2009. He served as the strength & conditioning coach for Miners’ soccer and track & field teams and assisted with football and softball.
Lovett served as the head strength & conditioning coach at Grandview High School in Aurora, Colorado, from 2004 to 2008 and as the director of sports performance at Miramont Sports Center in Fort Collins, Colorado, from 2003 to 2004.
A two-sport athlete in football and baseball at the University of Findlay, Lovett earned a bachelor’s degree in exercise and sports science from Colorado State in 2003 and a master’s degree in exercise science from California University of Pennsylvania in 2012. He played semi-professional football in the Colorado Football Conference from 2000 to 2003 and was a Colorado Golden Gloves amateur boxer in 2002.
Lovett holds certifications from the Collegiate Strength and Conditioning Coaches Association (Strength and Conditioning Coach Certified), National Strength and Conditioning Association (Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist) and National Academy of Sports Medicine (Performance Enhancement Specialist and Corrective Exercise Specialist).
A native of Beavercreek, Ohio, Lovett and his wife, Amy, have two sons, Tillman and Lyndon.
Lovett joined the Boilermakers after three seasons in a similar capacity at Western Kentucky. During his time with the Hilltoppers, Lovett helped build Western Kentucky to back-to-back Conference USA championships (2015 and 2016) and two straight bowl victories (2014 Popeyes Bahamas Bowl and 2015 Miami Beach Bowl). Five players were selected by National Football League teams, including a school-record-tying three in 2016. Western Kentucky went 30-10 overall during Lovett’s tenure, including a 19-5 mark in conference play.
Prior to Western Kentucky, Lovett spent two seasons with the strength & conditioning staff at Georgia. The Bulldogs posted a 20-7 overall record, played in the 2012 SEC Championship Game and in two January bowl games (2013 Capital One Bowl and 2014 Taxslayer.com Gator Bowl). Including first-rounders Todd Gurley, Jarvis Jones and Alec Ogletree, a total of 15 players were selected by NFL teams in Lovett’s two seasons at Georgia.
Lovett worked with the Denver Broncos from 2009 to 2011, starting as an intern before moving to assistant strength & conditioning coach the final two years. While with the Broncos, the team won the 2011 AFC West Division and was among the top five teams in the NFL in terms of having the fewest amount of practices and games missed by starters in 2009 and 2011. Denver had eight players voted to the Pro Bowl during Lovett’s time there.
Lovett got his start in the collegiate ranks at UTEP from 2008 to 2009. He served as the strength & conditioning coach for Miners’ soccer and track & field teams and assisted with football and softball.
Lovett served as the head strength & conditioning coach at Grandview High School in Aurora, Colorado, from 2004 to 2008 and as the director of sports performance at Miramont Sports Center in Fort Collins, Colorado, from 2003 to 2004.
A two-sport athlete in football and baseball at the University of Findlay, Lovett earned a bachelor’s degree in exercise and sports science from Colorado State in 2003 and a master’s degree in exercise science from California University of Pennsylvania in 2012. He played semi-professional football in the Colorado Football Conference from 2000 to 2003 and was a Colorado Golden Gloves amateur boxer in 2002.
Lovett holds certifications from the Collegiate Strength and Conditioning Coaches Association (Strength and Conditioning Coach Certified), National Strength and Conditioning Association (Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist) and National Academy of Sports Medicine (Performance Enhancement Specialist and Corrective Exercise Specialist).
A native of Beavercreek, Ohio, Lovett and his wife, Amy, have two sons, Tillman and Lyndon.