Lynnette Schwartz Johnson

Lynnette Schwartz Johnson is assistant athletic director/senior women's administrator for The University of Mississippi. As assistant, she works with the athletic director in overseeing the women's athletic programs, as well as other internal operations and administration. A native of Pittsburgh, Pa., she is a 1988 graduate of East Carolina University with a bachelor's degree in physical education.

Johnson came to Ole Miss in 1989 and earned a master's degree in education. She became a full-time staff member at Ole Miss in 1990 as an assistant trainer, where she worked with all sports but primarily women's basketball. Johnson, who became the first female head athletic trainer in the Southeastern Conference in 1997, is a certified member of the National Athletic Trainers Association, a licensed athletic trainer in the state of Mississippi and a member of Mississippi Trainers Association and Southeast Athletic Trainers Association. She serves as one of the M-Club advisers and was a member of the planning committee for the "Celebration of Women" at the University.