Bio

Julie Ann Milling

Julie Ann was born and raised in Woodstock and attended Woodstock Collegiate Institute. Milling has earned her Bachelor of Arts, Communications, Media and Film from the University of Windsor.  She then went on to earn her Fitness and Health Promotion Diploma at St. Clair followed by a Graduate Certificate in Event Management.  While attending St. Clair she also spent time working with the Recruitment and Marketing Department.

Julie Ann has been the lead assistant coach for the St. Clair women’s team since 2020. While with the Saints she took part in the CCAA Female Coach Apprentice Program. During her time as Lead Assistant the Saints qualified for the playoffs each season and went to the OCAA Championship this past year. Milling has had key roles in both recruiting and many technical aspects of the game.

Milling also has an extensive amount of club coaching experience with the South County Bandits and Sky Volley since 2020. Many of her players have gone on to play in the CCAA and U Sports. One of her recent highlights was winning a pretigious tournament in Pittsburgh with the South County 16U girls team that featured top teams from across North America.

Julie Ann played for the Saints as a Libero from 2016-2020 and was team captain for three of her four seasons.  She is one of St. Clair’s most decorated female volleyball players. Milling won OCAA Bronze Medals in 2018 and in 2020 and was named an OCAA All Star in 2018 and 2019. She was named a CCAA Academic All-Canadian in 2018-19 and was an OCAA All-Academic award winner four times. She was named St. Clair’s Mason MacDonald Graduating Athlete of the Year in 2018-19.

Milling is currently employed full time by OnPoint Beach Volleyball as the Program Director- Communications and Lead Ontario Beach Volleyball Coach.

In her first season as Head Coach Milling was named the OCAA West Division Coach of the Year in 2023-24 along with the overall OCAA Coach of the Year.

Head Coach St. Cair College Women- April 2023- Present

Lead Assistant Coach St. Clair College Women- 2020-2023

Lead Coach- OnPoint Beach Volleyball-2018- Present

Head Coach- South County Bandits 16U National Girls 2022- June 2023

Assistant Coach- South County Bandits 14U Teal Girls- 2021-2022

Head Coach- Sky Volley 18U Girls 2020-2021

VOLLEYBALL PLAYING EXPERIENCE

St. Clair College 2016-2020

University of Windsor 2013-2014

OVA Club 2011-2013

CERTIFICATIONS

Registered NCCP Coach

Training In Advanced Development, Indoor Volleyball    

Training in Advanced Development, Beach Volleyball     

Psychology of Performance        

Foundations of Volleyball           

Making Ethical Decisions                           

Making Headway In Sport           

Safe Sport Training- Direct Athlete Contact