Bio

2008 USA Olympic gold medalist Ryan Millar, one of the greatest middle blockers the United States has produced in volleyball, serves the Miramar MVB program as the program's associate head coach.

Millar’s first season with the Jets resulted in a 2022 Pacific Coast Athletic Conference championship, a CCCAA playoff berth, and the program’s second consecutive season-ending Top 5 CCCAA ranking.  Millar's exploits as a coach include his time as interim co-head coach at Brigham Young University (BYU) in the 2007 season, preceded by a season as an assistant coach with the Cougars in 2006. Under his charge, BYU men's volleyball would produce a 24-6 record in 2007. Millar would return to Team USA after the 2007 NCAA season, and as such his candidacy for the head coach's position was withdrawn. Millar also ran his own series of volleyball camps, the Next Level Volleyball Camps, for 15 years.

Millar brings an incredible background in the sport, as a player. Millar's playing career stretched 15 years as a member of the USA Men's National Team. Included in those 15 years are three Olympic Games: Sydney 2000, Athens 2004, and Beijing 2008. Millar and his teammates captured the gold medal in 2008, Team USA's first gold in MVB in 20 years. He was also USA Volleyball's Indoor Male Player of the Year in 2007. Millar also played professionally overseas for 12 years, in Italy, Turkey, Poland, and Russia, capturing two championships in that time. As a collegian at Brigham Young University, Millar was a four-time NCAA All-American, and the NCAA Player of the Year in 1999 when he and the BYU Cougars captured an NCAA national championship.  He was inducted into the BYU Athletic Hall of Fame in 2009.

Millar holds an MBA with an emphasis in Human Resources, from the Keller School of Management.  He also holds a Bachelor's in Sociology from BYU.  Millar and his wife Jackie reside in San Diego.