Updated: April 2024

Victoria Ip joined the Tennessee Athletics staff in July of 2023 as an Assistant Director of Sports Nutrition.

Prior to coming to Tennessee, Victoria worked at Texas Christian University for three years, where she spent her first year as a fueling station manager. In managerial role, she oversaw all fueling operations for the program's 22 sport teams and primary athletic weight room fueling station. She was then promoted into the departmental role as a Sports Nutrition Graduate Assistant, serving as the primary team dietitian for Women's Indoor Volleyball, Men and Women's Cross Country/Track & Field, Rifle, and Men's Basketball, all while working towards her master’s degree in liberal arts. Starting in her graduate assistantship role, she provided services such as individual athlete consultations, numerous seasonal team educations, travel nutrition operations and fueling plans, competition nutrition, hydration testing, and body composition examinations and tracking. She also contributed to the growth and development of the department, implementing systems for efficient day to day operations and drafting the department's first concussion injury protocol.

Working with TCU's Men's Basketball in the last year of her Sports Nutrition Graduate Assistant role, she helped fuel the team to make it post season into the 2023 NCAA March Madness tournament, where the team advanced into the second round. 

A Northeast native, Victoria was born in Brooklyn, NY and raised in New Jersey. She completed her undergraduate at Montclair State University, where she received her Bachelor of Science in Nutrition and Food Science: Dietetics. Following her undergraduate, she worked in the clinical setting for over a year at a major University Hospital in Paterson, NJ, while also gaining her initial collegiate sports nutrition experience at Rutgers University as a sports nutrition volunteer. At Rutgers, she spent time working in both the Olympic and Football setting, while also gaining more in-depth exposure to the field by shadowing and assisting their Football dietitian. 

She is a Registered Dietitian Nutritionist and is working towards becoming a Certified Specialist in Sports Dietetics (CSSD). She is a member of the Collegiate and Professional Sports Dietitians Association (CPSDA). 

Victoria currently serves as the primary team dietitian for three Tennessee Lady Vols teams- Women's Basketball, Women's Soccer, and Softball.