Justin Corbett joined the Georgia Tech Athletic Association in January 2022 as an assistant director for academic services, and will work primarily with the men’s basketball program.
A football letterwinner at Western Illinois and Central Michigan, Corbett started his career working in athletics at Quincy University, where he began coaching and working as a learning specialist with the football program. He spent one year at Quincy University before transitioning to Oakton Community College for two years overseeing the academic support programs, compliance and student-athlete development as an athletic academic and compliance specialist.
While at Oakton, Corbett monitored the academic support for over 150 student-athletes for both men’s and women’s programs. He also maintained compliance with National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) regulations to ensure student-athletes’ competition eligibility.
He implemented new programs at Oakton to help student-athletes transition during the Covid-19 impacted 2020-21 seasons. Corbett created the “Student-Athlete Academic Workshops” to focus on the overall development of student-athletes and also directed the academic program to monitor weekly study table hours and progress reports during the semester. With the help of these programs, Corbett helped guide a pair of teams to posting a 3.0 team grade point average or higher, while the men’s soccer program posted its highest team gpa in program history.
A native of Kankakee, Ill., Corbett graduated from Western Illinois with a bachelor’s degree in sociology in 2017. He earned his master’s degree in science administration in 2019 from Central Michigan.
