Justin Ruff

Biography

Justin Ruff joined Dartmouth in June of 2025 as the newest Assistant Strength and Conditioning Coach. Prior to Dartmouth, Ruff spent nearly four years as the Director of Strength and Conditioning at Nichols College, helping with student-athlete development, sports coaching and development, and strength training. While at Nichols, Ruff developed and taught the Introduction to Sports Performance Practicum course, providing hands on strength and conditioning experience to students. Ruff has also worked as a strength and conditioning coach at multiple other institutions, including Merrimack, Augsburg, Concordia University-St. Paul, and Minnesota. He received his Bachelor of Science in Kinesiology and Exercise Science from Augsburg in 2020 before earning his Masters of Sports and Exercise Science with an emphasis in strength and conditioning, kinesiology, and exercise science from Merrimack in 2021.