Justin Goonan became the head coach of the Spring Hill College men’s and women’s club rugby programs in July 2014. A certified Strength & Conditioning Specialist, he also serves as the Strength & Conditioning Coach for the varsity and club programs within the Spring Hill Athletics Department.
 
Goonan comes to Spring Hill after spending the 2013-14 season as the head rugby coach at Wake Forest University where he was named the Demon Deacons’ 2014 Club Sports Coach of the Year.
 
In addition to his tenure at Wake Forest, Goonan has a wide range of coaching and playing experience including at the international level where he served as a Strength & Conditioning intern with the London Scottish RFU-Championship League in 2012-13 and Strength Coach of the USA Rugby Junior All-Americans in 2010-12. From 2008 to 2012, Goonan was the Backs and Sevens Coach with the Boston College Rugby Club in Chestnut Hill, Mass.
 
Goonan has been a tireless rugby promoter throughout his professional career that began in 2006 as the Director of Programming for Play Rugby USA in New York and Boston.
 
A four-year player for the Aggies, Goonan received a B.S. from
Texas A&M University in Economics in 2005 and earned his National Strength & Conditioning Association (NSCA) Specialist certification in 2012. He completed his M.S. in Strength & Conditioning with Distinction in 2014 at Greenwich University in London, England.

Goonan and his wife, Elyse, live in Mobile.