Sarah Ford joined the Millsaps coaching staff prior to the 2019 season.
Before arriving in Jackson, she worked as the Executive Assistant to the President/Office Manager of the Birmingham Iron (Alliance of American Football). While there she helped plan multiple events for the team as well as helped start the Iron Kids Health initiative; a program designed to help get children throughout the city of Birmingham more active and involved in sports.
She also worked as the Head Graduate Assistant for the Kinesiology Department at Auburn University at Montgomery, working in their Human Performance Lab. While there, she was responsible for scheduling and administering stress tests, body fat testing, Vo2 max tests, and bone density scans. She also helped plan a charity golf tournament to help benefit both the athletic department as well as the Kinesiology Department. Upon graduation, she earned the Most Outstanding Student in Sports Management award, presented to the top Undergraduate and Graduate student in the Sports Management program.
Ford's coaching career began with the Capital City Juniors Volleyball Club where she was both an assistant coach and head coach for various ages from 2012-2016. While there, she was responsible for developing practice and conditioning plans for her teams, choosing tournaments for team participation as well as facilitating camps and lessons for girls ages 5-18.
A 2016 graduate of Faulkner University, in Montgomery, Alabama, Ford played in 449 of 489 games played in a four-year career, accumulating 436 kills, 637 assists, 445 assists, 388 digs and 123 blocks.
A native of Alabama, Ford was a three-year starter at Alabama Christian Academy where she helped the Eagles to three state Elite Eight appearances. She ranks third in career assists with 1,683 and ranks first in career aces with 267. Ford is the only ACA player with over 200 career aces.
She graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Sports Management from Faulkner in 2016. She also received her master's degree in Kinesiology, with an emphasis in Sports Management from Auburn University at Montgomery in 2018.
