Track & Field
- Title:
- Assistant Coach
ASSIGNMENT–Throws
- Email:
- jyohman@athletics.pitt.edu
- Phone:
- 412-403-0574
Jon Yohman joined the Pitt track and field coaching staff as an assistant coach in September of 2023. Yohman will work closely with the throwers after spending the past two seasons at Tiffin University.
As the assistant throws coach at Tiffin, Yohman coached the Dragons to 14 throwing events at the NCAA Indoor and Outdoor Championships, which resulted in eight All-American performances.
Prior to his time at Tiffin, Yohman was an assistant coach at Robert Morris where he coached the throwers and pole vaulters and served as the head strength and conditioning coach for all track and field members. During his two-year period with the Colonials, he led Keturah Hunter to school records in the weight throw and hammer throw, guided four individuals to conference championships, as the Colonials claimed ten conference medals in the throws.
Yohman began his collegiate coaching career in 2019 as a volunteer coach at West Virginia. He also owns a strength and throws club called Ox Strength, which he started in 2017.
As a student-athlete at Penn State, Yohman advanced to the NCAA East Preliminaries in three consecutive years, from 2016-2018. In 2017, he made it to the finals in the shot put, finishing eleventh place, receiving All-American and Academic All-American honors. The New Wilmington, Pennsylvania native earned his bachelor's degree in kinesiology and his master's degree in educational leadership.
