Chandler Knox joined the Georgia Tech athletics staff in 2017 when he arrived as a sports nutrition fellow. He was promoted to a full-time staff member as a registered dietitian within the Total Person Program in 2019, in a role he served until April 2023.
Knox oversees the day-to-day operations of the sports nutrition department, which provides student-athletes with nutrition supplies, nutrition educations, counseling services, and physiology testing. As a sports dietitian, he conducts nutrition counseling and develops meal plans for optimal health and performance for Georgia Tech student-athletes. Additionally, he supplies and maintains the supply of extra supplements and snacks that the student-athletes rely on daily across the various team facilities.
In addition to his work at Georgia Tech, Knox is a published author in The Sports Journal vol 22, titled, Review and Commentary of the Nutritional Recommendations, Weight Management Regulations, Weight Management Practices, and the Potential of Disordered Eating Patterns in High School Age Wrestlers.
Knox is a 2016 graduate with honors from Mississippi State University with a bachelor’s degree in nutrition, food science and health promotion with a concentration in Nutrition. He earned his master’s degree in health promotion from Mississippi State University in 2019, and became a licensed body positive facilitator in 2021.
Knox grew up in Birmingham, Ala., before moving to Buford, Ga. in high school. He was an all-County wrestler in Gwinnett County and participated in ultimate Frisbee during his time in college.
