Learning Specialist and Athletics Advisor, UTC Athletics - UT Chattanooga

The Athletics Academic Advisor supports the academic success of students, with a focus on those with learning disabilities and student-athletes. Key responsibilities include assessing learning needs, overseeing testing for learning services, coordinating the summer bridge program, advising student-athletes on academic and NCAA eligibility, managing tutoring programs and textbook purchases, and supervising learning specialists, tutors, and academic coaches. This role requires complex problem solving based on a variety of individual student variables and creating innovative individualized educational plans. Has latitude to determine objectives and tasks within the Frost Family Learning center.

• Runs the Frost Family Learning Center including hiring, training, and supervising staff and students
• Makes complex decisions regarding learning services, and selects methods to obtain academic objectives and modifies solutions when necessary
• Advises student athletes towards class selection, graduation and NCAA eligibility
• Advises a small caseload of students with choosing classes that fulfill degree requirements
• Reviews student records for NCAA compliance
• Responsible for recruitment of students
• Coordinates and implements the summer bridge program
• Proctors, evaluates, and creates individualized educational plans based on the NCAA GRO survey (or similar) for all incoming student-athletes and develops a risk profile for each sport
• Creates and implements learning plans for at-risk freshmen in the summer program which may include reading comprehension work
• Schedules tutors
• Facilitates the ordering of textbooks through Barnes and Noble Campus
• Serves as liaison to campus and department resources to promote utilization of campus resources
• Works with the Center for Student Accessibility to partner with students who need additional campus resources for their disability

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Skill and knowledge in working with at-risk students at the secondary and or post-secondary level in areas of self-regulated learning and study strategies, critical reading skills and academic writing skills
• Skilled in organizing and implementing a tutoring program for students
• Ability to advise UTC student-athletes towards graduation
• Skills and ability to work with diverse populations of students
• Ability to work nights and weekends

Application Review

Review of applications will begin August 10, 2026, and will continue until the position is filled. Applications received by this date will receive priority consideration.

Minimum: Requires a bachelor’s degree in psychology, special education, sports administration, or related field; experience working with student-athletes at the Division I level; and four years of experience working with students with learning disabilities at the secondary or post-secondary level. A valid driver’s license is required.

Preferred: Master’s degree in psychology, special education, sports administration, or related field; and knowledge of UTC student resources, MS access databases, and NCAA rules and regulations.

Work Location:

• University of Tennessee – Chattanooga, TN Campus
• This is a fully on-site position

Compensation and Benefits:

• UT Market Range: MR07
• Anticipated hiring salary: $47,250 - $52,000
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