Kaila Olson MS, RD, LD | Assistant Athletic Director, Performance Nutrition

Kaila Olson MS, RD, LD

Positon:
Assistant Athletic Director, Performance Nutrition
Email:
olson.444@osu.edu

Kaila Olson has been a member of Ohio State Athletics since 2017 and currently serves as Assistant Athletic Director for Performance Nutrition. In that role, she leads the football program’s nutrition efforts and supports student-athletes across the department through individualized fueling plans, education, and performance-based nutrition strategy.

Olson originally joined Ohio State as a sports nutrition intern and later served as the football program’s sports dietitian before moving into her current leadership role in performance nutrition. She also completed a long-term dietetic internship with the Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, gaining additional clinical experience in areas including cardiac care, surgical intensive care and organ transplant.

Before arriving in Columbus, Olson completed a sports nutrition internship at the University of California, Davis, her alma mater. While at UC Davis, she was a softball student-athlete and earned NFCA Academic All-America honors as a standout in the classroom. She graduated in 2016 with a bachelor’s degree in clinical nutrition and dietetics and later completed her master’s degree at Ohio State.

Olson holds credentials as a registered dietitian and licensed dietitian. She is also active in the Collegiate and Professional Sports Dietitians Association and the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics.