Joanna Hamilton

Position: Women's Volleyball Coach

Alma Mater: Westmont College, Santa Barbara, CA

Coach Hamilton is in her fifth year as the Head Volleyball Coach at Dallas Christian College. Coach Hamilton has accepted the challenge of building a strong women’s collegiate volleyball program while investing in the lives of young women and guiding their development both physically and spiritually.

Coach Hamilton comes to DCC with experience as both a player and coach. She is a 1984 Junior Olympic Team Gold Medallist. She began her collegiate career at NCAA Div. I Northern Illinois University where she played on scholarship. Coach Hamilton traveled for one year with the Div. I Athletes in Action volleyball team and then transferred to Westmont College in Santa Barbara, California where she won numerous awards and honors and was the schools first ever All-American women’s volleyball player.

After graduation Coach Hamilton joined the WPVA (Women’s Professional Volleyball Association) competing in doubles sand volleyball and is currently ranked nationally on the circuit.

Coach Hamilton has developed and coached multiple club volleyball teams in the metroplex. She has also developed and coached the boy’s and girl’s volleyball program at Episcopal School of Dallas and has also served as the head volleyball coach at Richland Community College in the Dallas area.