![Lauren Hale-Miller](/sports/wvball/coaches/halemiller24.jpg?max_width=510&max_height=600)
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- Title:
- Head Coach, REDS Women’s Volleyball
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- Phone:
- (506) 261-9671
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- Email:
- l.halemi@unb.ca
Bio
Lauren Hale-Miller became the 20th head coach in UNB women's volleyball history on May 21st, 2024.
Hale-Miller joined the REDS following five seasons as head coach at Northwestern Polytechnic, in Grande Prairie, Alberta. The Wolves play in the Alberta Colleges Athletic Association. Previously, Hale-Miller was head coach of the UNBSJ Seawolves, where, in 2019, she was named Atlantic Collegiate Athletic Association Coach of the Year.
Hale-Miller, who has earned Chartered Professional Coach designation from the Coaching Association of Canada, currently serves as a Performance Coach and Coach Evaluator with Volleyball Canada.
In 2021, she served as head coach of Alberta’s U17 girls’ team.
Between 2012 and 2019, she worked as a High-Performance Coach with Volleyball New Brunswick and was part of the coaching staff for Team NB at the 2017 Canada Summer Games, where the team captured the first indoor women’s volleyball medal in New Brunswick history, defeating Ontario in the bronze medal game.
From 2013 to 2018, Hale-Miller served as head coach of the junior varsity boys volleyball team and assistant coach of the girls’ varsity team at Fredericton’s Leo Hayes High School. During her time with the Lions, both programs won back-to-back New Brunswick high school championships.
At the club level, Hale-Miller has worked with numerous programs, serving in various roles from head coach to technical director to program coordinator and president.
Hale-Miller holds Bachelors of Recreation and Sport Studies and Education from UNB and is completing a Master of Human Kinetics and Recreation at Memorial University.