SAN DIEGO – With more than 12 years of experience in the athletic strength and conditioning field, Justin Landry has been appointed the strength and conditioning coach for the San Diego State women's and men's basketball programs. Women's and men's head basketball coaches Stacie Terry-Hutson and Brian Dutcher made the announcement jointly.
"We are excited to have Justin join our team at San Diego State," Dutcher said. "His energy and record of success with both players and programs make him a welcome addition to SDSU Basketball."
"Our staff and players are looking forward to Justin bringing consistency to our program," said Terry-Hutson. "He was very highly recommended and will bring a wealth of experience and knowledge to San Diego State."
Landry, a native of Oakland, Calif., spent the past 16 months as assistant strength coach at Georgia State University in Atlanta, Ga. He worked primarily with the men's basketball as well as men's and women's golf teams, and in that time, he developed individual programs to improve athletic performance through agility training, weightlifting, core exercises and regeneration sessions.
As a result, in 2019-20, Georgia State completed its fourth straight men's basketball season of at least 19 wins. Two of the student-athletes he worked with were recognized as All-Sun Belt Conference performers, with one earning National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) All-District 24 designation.
Before joining the staff at Georgia State, Landry spent three years at UC Davis as its associate strength and conditioning coach, working with five sports including men's basketball. The basketball team won the 2017-18 Big West Conference regular-season title as well as the 2016-17 Big West Tournament championships. In each of those years, the team advanced to the postseason: the NCAA Tournament in 2016-17 and the NIT in 2017-18. The 2017-18 team, which finished 22-11, boasted the Player of the Year, Sixth Man of the Year, and Newcomer of the Year in the Big West. Posting a 23-13 mark in 2016-17, five student-athletes were named All-Big West performers.
He was on the strength and conditioning staff at Troy University for the 2015-16 school year where, working with men's basketball, two student-athletes earned Sun Belt Conference Player of the Week honors and one earned All-Sun Belt Conference designation. Landry began his major college professional career at the University of Texas in Austin. There he worked as the performance coach for the basketball program during the 2014-15 season in which the Longhorns went 20-13 and competed in the NCAA Tournament.
Prior to his year in Austin, Landry completed an internship at Baylor University in Waco, Texas, and was a graduate assistant coach with the women's basketball team at Tennessee State University in Nashville, Tenn.
"I'd like to thank Athletics Director John David Wicker, coaches Dutcher and Terry-Hutson and their staffs for the opportunity to contribute to the high-level development of the student-athletes at San Diego State," Landry said. "I'm excited to be part of this organization and can't wait to get started. As a California native, it will be great to be back home."
In addition to his college experience, Landry was the founder/owner of a strength and conditioning business in Oakland, Calif., where he worked with athletes from high school to the professional ranks.
A 2012 graduate of Cal State East Bay, with a degree in pre-athletic training, he completed his master's degree in education in sport science from Tennessee State in 2014. In addition, Landry has earned Certified Strength & Conditioning Specialist (CSCS) designation from the National Strength and Conditioning Association (NSCA).
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