SPRINGFIELD – Missouri State rounded out its strength and conditioning staff for the upcoming season with the summer additions of Chris Toland and Kyle Johnson to the fold.
Toland will work primarily with women’s basketball, while Johnson will handle men’s basketball, in addition to other sports as assigned, coordinating the team workouts and nutritional development.
Toland officially began his duties and June 7 and comes to Missouri State after three-plus years in a similar role at the University of Delaware, where he worked with the Blue Hens men’s and women’s basketball, men’s and women’s soccer, volleyball, golf and women’s tennis teams, creating and implementing both in-season and offseason training programs. He also assisted with the Delaware football, men’s lacrosse, and track and field teams.
Johnson joined the Bears on June 14 and has spent the past three years at Coastal Carolina University where he served as assistant director of speed, strength, and conditioning, working primarily with men’s and women’s basketball in addition to men’s golf. He also assisted with workouts for the CCU football squad during his time in Conway, S.C.
Before his time at Coastal, Johnson spent time at the University of Evansville in 2018 as an assistant strength and conditioning coach. Originally from Edgerton, Wis., he also has served strength and conditioning internships at Wisconsin, North Carolina, and Virginia.
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