MEN'S SPORTS

WOMEN'S SPORTS

ATHLETICS DEPT

Julie Hermann
Senior Associate Athletic Director / Senior Woman Administrator

Julie Hermann

Julie Hermann enters her 11th year in athletic administration at U of L serving as senior associate athletic director.

Hermann's responsibilities include supervising the athletic department's sports teams, Student Development, Sports Medicine, Strength and Conditioning, Marketing, Development and the Olga Peers Academic Unit as well as serving as senior woman administrator.

Hermann currently serves on the Board of Directors of NACWAA (the National Association of Collegiate Women's Athletic Administrators, the Frazier Rehab Institute and the AVCA Hall of Fame Committee. She has served on many community boards, including Metro Parks, Women 4 Women, YMCA, the Louisville Sports Commission, the Kentucky Sports Commission and the Commission on the Status of Women.

She has served on numerous conference committees as well as the Division I NCAA Women's Volleyball Committee as the chair. Hermann was named a Ladies of Leadership Award winner in 2004, Today's Woman "Most Admired" in 2005 and a Center for Women and Families "Woman of Distinction" inductee in 2008.

Prior to joining the U of L staff, she spent one year as an assistant coach for USA Volleyball, helping the National Team to a silver medal finish at the World University Games in 1997. Before joining the National Team, Hermann served as the head women's volleyball coach at the University of Tennessee for six seasons. Under her watch, the Lady Vol volleyball squad improved more than 150 places in the Ratings Percentage Index (RPI) and advanced to the NCAA Tournament for the first time in a decade.

Prior to her time at Tennessee, Hermann spent one season at Northern Arizona where she was hired by current U of L AD Tom Jurich. Hermann earned the top post at NAU following two seasons as an assistant at the University of Georgia where she helped restore the Bulldogs program to national status. Georgia recorded a 70-16 mark in her two seasons and earned a spot in the Top 20.

Hermann opened her collegiate coaching career at Wyoming where she spent two years helping the Cowgirls to the NCAA Tournament and a final eight finish.

As a student-athlete, Hermann was an All-Big-Eight volleyball player at the University of Nebraska from 1981-84 as the Huskers won four conference championships, four tournament championships, four consecutive NCAA Tournament appearances and earned a pair of top five finishes. She was honored as the FCA College Athlete of the Year and was an FCA national platform speaker.