Sport Nutritionist
EXPIRED

Vanderbilt University

Nashville, TN

Posted Date: Mar 01, 2024

Expired Date: May 07, 2024

QUALIFICATION

  • Salary Expectation
    Unknown
  • Years of Experience
    Not provided
  • Work Type
    Full-time

ABOUT PROGRAM

About the Job
Job Description

Provide high quality, continuous and comprehensive nutrition services based on progressive knowledge to create and support an intercollegiate culture where athletes, coaches and staff recognize nutrition as a critical element in academic and athletic performance.Evaluate nutrition status and needs of individual student-athletes and athletic teams to develop, implement, and evaluate appropriate nutrition education, dietary plans in order to enhance athletic performance and general well-being. Coordinate consistent nutritional programing amongst all areas of athletics department (including athletic trainers, team physicians, strength coaches, sport coaches and other student services staff).

About the Work Unit:

Vanderbilt University’s Athletics Department prepares student-athletes to become leaders and champions in life by placing the highest values on integrity, character, sportsmanship and victory. Vanderbilt is a charter member of the Southeastern Conference and is the conference's only private school. The university fields 16 varsity teams (6 men's teams and 10 women's teams, a total of 351 student athletes), 14 of which compete in the Southeastern Conference.

Duties and Responsibilities

Services for Student-Athletes

  1. Manage all aspects of performance nutrition for assigned athletic teams.
  2. Develop effective eating strategies to enhance athletic performance including before, during, and after activity.
  3. Weight maintenance programs in-season and off-season.
  4. Educate on skills for meal planning, grocery shopping and meal preparation.
  5. Provide individual and team nutrition education and counseling to enhance the performance of the student athlete year-round.
  6. Coordinate nutrition plans aimed at maximizing performance based on specific dietary goals utilizing campus sponsored meal plans.
  7. In conjunction with other wellness team members, educate and help manage/treat student-athletes with food allergies or medical conditions relating to nutrition.
Department History

Vanderbilt University Student Services 2024–2025

Person Role

Jenna Beverly

DIRECTOR • STUDENT SERVICES (MEN'S CROSS COUNTRY, WOMEN'S CROSS COUNTRY, WOMEN’S TRACK AND FIELD, FOOTBALL)

Alison Wenzel

Associate Athletic Director • Director (Ingram Center for Student-Athlete Success)

Chris Ham

Associate Athletic Director • Sport Performance and Student-Athlete Well-Being

Sara Sanders

Assistant Athletic Director • Enrollment and Transitions • Student Services Coordinator (Baseball)

Nate Bell

Assistant Athletic Director • Student Services (Men’s Golf, Women’s Golf)

Brittni LaGeorge

Director • Student Services (Women's Basketball and Soccer)

Laura McCann

Assistant Director • Student-Athlete Enrollment

Katelen Watkins

Assistant Director • Student-Athlete Development

Vanderbilt University Sports Medicine 2024–2025

Person Role

Tom Bossung

Assistant AD/ Sports Medicine

Vanderbilt University Student Services 2023–2024

Person Role

Alison Wenzel

Associate Athletic Director • Director (Ingram Center for Student-Athlete Success)

Ricky Thrash

Associate Athletic Director • Strategic Initiatives

Nate Bell

Assistant Athletic Director • Student Services (Men’s Golf, Women’s Golf)

Eugene Henderson

Assistant Athletic Director • Student Services

Sara Sanders

Assistant Athletic Director • Enrollment and Transitions • Student Services Coordinator (Baseball)

Brittni LaGeorge

Director • Student Services (Women's Basketball and Soccer)

Max Martin

Assistant Director • Student Services

Matt Taiman

Assistant Director • Student Services (Football)

Vanderbilt University Sports Medicine 2023–2024

Person Role

Tom Bossung

Assistant AD/ Sports Medicine

Vanderbilt University Student Services 2022–2023

Person Role

Alison Wenzel

Associate Athletic Director • Director (Ingram Center for Student-Athlete Success)

Eugene Henderson

Assistant Athletic Director • Student Services

Ricky Thrash

Assistant Athletic Director • Enrollment and Transitions

Nate Bell

Director • Student Services

Sara Sanders

Director • Student Services

Brittni LaGeorge

Associate Director • Student Services (Women's Basketball and Soccer)

Max Martin

Assistant Director • Student Services

Matt Taiman

Assistant Director • Student Services (Football)

Vanderbilt University Sports Medicine 2022–2023

Person Role

Tom Bossung

Assistant AD/ Sports Medicine

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