Justin McClure began working for Eastern New Mexico University Athleticss as Associate Athletic Director for Sports Performance in January 2025.
McClure came to Portales after a brief stint with Lake Forest College in Illinois.
He spent a little more than a year as a strength and conditioning coach at the US Army Holistic Health and Fitness System in Washington state. There, he worked and trained with soldiers. He also helped to train new strength and conditioning coaches.
McClure holds 24 years of experience at the NCAA DI level. He worked in the athletic department at Brigham Young University in Utah where he worked with 21 different programs. He got his start at BYU in 1998 as in intern before being promoted to an assistant position in 1999.
He had two other promotions during his time in Provo, Utah – he became as associate strength and conditioning coach in 2008 and associate director of football performance in 2015.
While working with the Cougars, McClure helped train NFL players like Puka Nacua, Taysom Hill, Fred Warner, Zach Wilson, Max Tooley, and Kyle Van Noy. He also worked directly with several men's basketball players who eventually made it to the NBA like Jimmer Fredette, Kyle Collinsworth, and Brandon Davies. McClure also worked directly with MLB players Michael Rucker, Daniel Schneemann, and Justin Sterner among many others.
BYU finished first among all Mountain West Conference and West Coast Conference institutions in the Learfield Director's Cup (an award given to colleges and universities with the most success in collegiate athletics) in all, but one season (2008-09, 2nd) during his tenure. He also supported eight NCAA championship title programs.
He is a Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist (NSCA), a member of the Collegiate Strength and Conditioning Coaches Association, a Certified Sports Performance Coach (USA Weightlifting), a Certified USA Weightlifting Level 1 Coach, and a member of the National Strength and Conditioning Association and Collegiate Strength and Conditioning Coaches Association.
McClure was born and raised in Boulder, Colo. and attended Northern Colorado where he earned a bachelor's in kinesiology and a master's in physical education. He is married to wife, Jill, and they have two daughters.
