@uavaultsquad
Dominic Johnson enters his second official season as Arizona’s pole vault assistant coach after taking over in 2023-24. Prior to that though, he was a volunteer pole vault coach for the Wildcats, starting in the 2021-22 season.
In 2024, Johnson helped freshman Olivia Dillon clear a personal best mark of 12-11.75 (3.96m) which ranks seventh all-time in school history. Dillon also won one pole vault competition during the outdoor season. Under Johnson’s guidance, senior Tanner Kippes finished sixth in the men’s pole vault at the outdoor Pac-12 Championships to score points for the Wildcats.
Prior to coaching, Johnson was a standout performer for the Wildcats competing in the pole vault and the decathlon. He still holds school records in the indoor pole vault (5.55m, 18-2.5) and outdoor pole vault (5.65m, 18-6.5), alongside four decathlon single-event school records in the 100m, 400m, pole vault, and 1500m. He ranks sixth all-time in the decathlon in school history with a score of 7,764. In 1996, Johnson finished third in the pole vault at the NCAA Outdoor Championships and in 1997 he finished sixth in the decathlon, earning All-America honors for both performances. In 1998, he finished runner-up in the pole vault at the NCAA Indoor Championships and was named an All-American. He is a three-time Olympian, competing for St. Lucia in 1996, 2000, and 2008.
