Tennessee women’s basketball head coach Holly Warlick announced on Wednesday the hiring of Heather Ervin, who joins the staff as director of recruiting operations and player personnel.
Ervin, who served as program administrator at the University of Tennessee’s Center for Information and Communication Studies in the College of Communication from March 2015 to July 2016, is beginning her second stint with UT Athletics.
Her primary responsibilities with Lady Vol basketball will include assisting with all aspects of day-to-day recruiting operations, including overseeing and maintenance of the recruiting database, updating the recruiting boards and assisting with official and unofficial visits. In addition, Ervin will be responsible for managing pre- and post-signing paperwork as well as organizing prospect evaluations and managing the coaches’ recruiting travel.
The Sweetwater, Tennessee, native was on the Tennessee football staff from 2001-14, providing administrative support from 2001-09. She was promoted to assistant director of football operations as the only female in the SEC to hold that position in 2009 and served in that role until departing in 2014.
Ervin’s responsibilities in her previous 13-year stint in athletics were to manage the head football coach’s daily schedule while also providing administrative support to the director of football operations and the senior associate athletics director for football administration. Ervin also was responsible for arranging summer employment opportunities for student-athletes and working closely with the Thornton Center in monitoring student-athletes’ class attendance.
In addition, she served as chief liaison for all player family event functions as well as managing a website designed for players’ families. Ervin also was substantially involved with official and unofficial on-campus recruiting visits.
“Heather comes to us with a great deal of energy and a lot of experience in athletics as an administrator, coach and student-athlete,” Warlick said. “She spent 13 years working with the UT football team, and she is familiar with operations, recruiting and the entire realm of a college program. She is excited to join our staff, and we believe she will be a tremendous asset in recruiting and in the overall direction of our program.”
The Sweetwater, Tennessee, native holds both a bachelor’s degree in health and human services and a master’s degree in foundations of education with an emphasis in sports management from Troy University, where she played basketball and later served as a graduate assistant basketball coach for two years.
Prior to that, she played two seasons at Hiwassee College in nearby Madisonville, Tennessee. While there, Ervin helped the Tigers to a combined 57-10 record and two trips to the NJCAA national tournament.
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