Hidden Georgia Tech: Athletic Facilities
By Victor Rogers June 12, 2017
Across the Georgia Tech campus, hidden spaces and forgotten places await rediscovery. Some are relics of an earlier time, difficult to find and explore. Others are very much in view, but often overlooked. Hidden Georgia Tech is a photo essay series highlighting places on campus that are hidden in plain sight.
ATHLETIC FACILITIES
Most of us have cheered for the Yellow Jackets at Bobby Dodd Stadium, McCamish Pavilion, Russ Chandler Stadium, or the Ken Byers Tennis Complex. But, unless you were — or are — a student-athlete, you may not have seen where the players go when they leave the field or court and disappear into the tunnels.
The Georgia Tech Athletic Association and Hidden Georgia Tech take you through the tunnels and behind the scenes into weight rooms, locker rooms, film rooms, batting cages, driving ranges, lounges, and study areas where Tech’s student-athletes spend a lot of time gearing up for the big game.
Georgia Tech Athletic Facilities
Photos by Rob Felt
Lobby of the Arthur B. Edge Intercollegiate Athletics Center, headquarters for Georgia Tech Athletics.
Zelnak Team Room for football.
Zelnak Team Room for football.
Defensive Backs’ meeting room, one of several rooms where players strategize.
The Mr. and Mrs. Gregg Garrett and Family Player Lounge and Meeting Room. This relaxing space has card games, televisions, ping pong, and pool tables.
The NFL Hallway includes jerseys and photos of Tech student-athletes who played in the NFL, such as Calvin Johnson who was drafted by the Detroit Lions in 2007.
The GTAA Technology Center is a computer lab for all student-athletes.
A study lab for student-athletes to work on group projects is across the hall from the GTAA Technology Center.
The John and Mary Brock Football Facility, located on Cherry Street, is an indoor practice facility.
The John and Mary Brock Football Facility was enclosed and dedicated in 2011.
The Hugh S. Spruill Strength and Conditioning Center is located under the south stands of Bobby Dodd Stadium.
Inside the Hugh S. Spruill Strength and Conditioning Center.
Nutrition station inside the Hugh S. Spruill Strength and Conditioning Center.
Locker room for men’s basketball.
Training room for men’s basketball inside the Judy and Steve Zelnak Basketball Practice Facility.
NBA Players Lounge for men’s basketball.
Players’ game room/lounge and fueling station for men’s basketball.
Basketball teaching theater inside the Judy and Steve Zelnak Basketball Practice Facility.
The Zelnak weight room for basketball, volleyball, and tennis.
Basketball practice court in Zelnak.
Players are monitored and recorded during practice to allow for later review with their coaches.
Lobby of the Judy and Steve Zelnak Basketball Practice Facility.
Women’s basketball lounge.
Women’s basketball lounge, showcasing Tech players in the WNBA.
Women’s volleyball lounge in the O’Keefe Building, which used to be a high school.
Wall of Tech’s All-Time Greats in volleyball.
This court has been home to the volleyball team since 1995. The space used to be the gymnasium for O’Keefe High School.
Video control booth at the top of McCamish Pavilion.
Broadcasts of basketball, football, baseball, softball, and volleyball are produced from the video control room at McCamish Pavilion.
Softball film room.
Softball players lounge.
A softball locker.
Inside the softball dugout at Shirley Clements Mewborn Field.
The Mark C. Teixeira locker room at Russ Chandler Stadium, named for a gift Teixeira made to Tech in 2014.
The Mark C. Teixeira locker room at Russ Chandler Stadium, named for a gift Teixeira made to Tech in 2014.
The floor design of the baseball weight room gives a nod to the Louisville Slugger.
Uniforms in the baseball equipment room.
Batting cages at Russ Chandler Stadium.
Tennis players lounge at the Ken Byers Tennis Complex.
Tennis racket stringing machine.
Tennis balls are branded with the interlocking GT and Buzz.
The Noonan Golf Facility near Atlantic Station is where the golf team practices. It has a nine-hole, par-3 course routing, with shots ranging from 75 to 225 yards.
The Noonan Golf facility is not a public course, but it is open to former members of Tech’s golf team.
Golf team lounge inside the Stewart and Lisa Cink Clubhouse at Noonan Golf Facility.
Golf team locker room inside the Stewart and Lisa Cink Clubhouse.
Assistant Golf Coach Drew McGee in the Matt Kuchar Teaching Center at Noonan Golf Facility.
Assistant Golf Coach Drew McGee in a hitting bay at the Matt Kuchar Teaching Center.
Do you know a hidden place on campus that should be featured?
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Writer: Victor
Rogers
Photographer: Rob Felt
Digital Designer: Melanie Goux
