Allison Maurer is a veteran sports dietitian with more than 18 years of experience fueling athletes from high school, and collegiate, to professional athletes. She is the Associate Athletic Director of Student Health and Wellness at Knoxville Catholic High School in Knoxville, Tennessee. There, she oversees strength and conditioning, and sports nutrition, and works closely with sports medicine on a daily basis. She is the strength coach for Football, baseball, and girls and boys basketball, teaches 3 sports nutrition courses, a speed/agility/plyometric class, and girls’ weight training. Maurer conducts team and individual nutrition counseling for all teams and individual athletes as needed.
Previously, Maurer was the Director of Sports Nutrition and Fueling with the Pittsburgh Pirates where she oversaw nutrition operations from the major league team all the way through the Dominican Academy. She was responsible for planning team meals on the road and executing performance nutrition for all athletes. Performance nutrition included weight gain/loss, injury recovery nutrition, recovery nutrition for pitchers, hydration testing, body composition testing, and sleep. She worked with athletes such as Ke’Bryan Hayes, O’Neil Cruz, Jameson Taillon, Chad Kuhl, Austin Meadows, Tyler Glasnow, Cole Tucker, Bryan Reynolds, Josh Bell, and others.
Before that, Maurer spent nearly nine years as the Sports Dietitian at the University of Tennessee (2007-2016) where she oversaw the performance nutrition for all sports. She performed cooking demos, and grocery store tours, taught an undergraduate sports nutrition class and did team talks and individual nutrition consultations. She also performed body composition testing and supervised a staff of 15 undergraduate and RD interns. Her primary duty was with football but over the course of her time at Tennessee she had the opportunity to work with Pat Summit and the Lady Vols, in men’s basketball including Tobias Harris, Admiral Schofield, Jordan McCrae, and Chris Lofton. Her football experience provided the experience of working with Phillip Fulmer, Lane Kiffin, Derek Dooley, and Butch Jones. Her most notable football athletes were Emmanuel Moseley, JuWuan James, Jauan Jennings, Josh Dobbs, Cam Sutton, AJ Johnson, Eric Berry, Derek Barnett, and Ramon Foster.
From 2004-2007, Maurer was the Sports Dietitian and an Assistant Strength and Conditioning Coach at the University of Colorado, Boulder (2004-2007). She assisted in the weight room with football and conducted the strength training for cheer, dance, men’s and women’s golf, and women’s tennis.
Maurer served on the board of directors for The Collegiate and Professional Sports Dietitians Association (CPSDA) for 6 years. She is a board-certified specialist in sports dietetics (CSSD), and a certified strength and conditioning specialist (CSCS).
She received her undergraduate degree in dietetics from Olivet Nazarene University and her master's in nutrition from Georgia State University. She currently resides in Knoxville, Tennessee with her three boys, Manuel (Manny, 15), Emilio (Meatloaf, 13), and Nico 10
I love to run, road bike, and be outside with my boys. They all play baseball so that is where I spend most of my spring and summer time. We have a dog named Wally who keeps us very busy!
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