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Justice Ricketts joins the Black & Gold for his first season in 2025-26 after spending two seasons at Southern Virginia University as an assistant track & field and sport performance coach. Prior to his stint at Southern Virginia, Ricketts was an assistant track & field and sport performance coach at the University of North Georgia from 2018-2021.

In his time at Southern Virginia, Ricketts coached ten USA South Conference individual champions, ten USA South Conference team champions, three All-Region individuals, three USA South Conference individual record-holders, and one NCAA All-American.

Ricketts worked specifically with jumps/sprints/throws as an assistant coach at North Georgia, and in 2021 coached three Peach Belt Conference champions, as well as the Division II women's pole vault national champion and the seventh-place finisher in the women's 400m.

Ricketts earned his bachelor's degree in 2019 from North Georgia in kinesiology, while also earning a master's degree in kinesiology from North Georgia in 2021, as well. Ricketts also holds certifications in CSCS, PES, USAW, USATF, and USTFCCCA.