Austin Luna is currently a senior kinesiology major at Texas Tech University. After finishing his undergrad, he will continue on at Texas Tech and pursue a master’s degree in kinesiology with a focus in Human Performance.
Most recently, Luna worked as a performance coach at One:9 Sports Performance and Fitness in Argyle, Texas. He was responsible for designing, implementing, and leading workouts for elementary, middle school, and high school athletes from a variety of sports including football, baseball, basketball, volleyball, soccer, softball, and track.
Luna has also worked closely with the head strength and conditioning coach at Denton Guyer High School in Denton, Texas for the past 3 years. As a mentee, he has accumulated valuable information regarding programming, training strategy, and implementation. Luna has worked with the freshman, junior varsity, and varsity football teams; mainly helping teach proper weight room technique, as well as assisting in running field drills.
Luna, a 3-year letterman in football at Denton Guyer High School, was part of the state champion team in 2013 and helped lead his team to the state quarterfinals in 2015. He earned all district honors as a senior and went on to play football at Oklahoma Panhandle State University before going to play at The University of Texas Permian Basin. He stays active as a beach volleyball player, as well as plans to obtain his CSCS certification through the National Strength and Conditioning Association as well as his USAW-1 certification through USA Weightlifting in the summer of 2020