Juliana Van Horn, previously Juliana Yensho, joined the Chattanooga Volleyball family in the spring of 2019 as a volunteer assistant, director of operations and team sports psychology consultant.
Van Horn serves as a volunteer coach for the beach team under her husband, Darin. She assisted in the start of the program in 2020 and after the team's first full season, her and Darin received the Ohio Valley Conference Co-Conference Coaching Staff of the Year honors after leading the team to a second-place finish.Â
The 2024 season for beach volleyball was a major one for UTC, as the Mocs would finish as OVC regular season and OVC Tournament champions, both firsts in Chattanooga beach volleyball history. The Van Horns were ultimately awarded with OVC Staff of the Year honors for the second time of their careers following the historic season, before going on to play in the 2024 NCAA Beach Volleyball Championships.
The program's 2025 season proved to be one of the team's most historic seasons to date, as the Sandy Mocs toppled numerous program-bests over the course of the year. Posting a program-best 26-6 record, the Mocs finished undefeated in Ohio Valley Conference action, becoming just the second team in OVC history to ever do so, en route to capturing the outright OVC regular season title. Along the way, the Mocs would notch a program record total of 17 sweep wins, the second-most by any OVC team in a single season in conference history.
UTC proceeded to go back-to-back as OVC Tournament champions, picking up three-straight victories over the course of the weekend before hoisting the championship trophy following a 3-2 victory over UT Martin in the title match. The Mocs were also able to pick up a plethora of postseason accolades from the conference, with the team bringing in 13 honors from the OVC including Neva Clark being named a three-time OVC Player of the Year, Clark and Corina Vale going back-to-back as OVC Pair of the Year, as well as the Van Horns becoming the first-ever three-time OVC Staff of the Year award winners.
All five of Chattanooga's starting pairs would receive spots on either the All-OVC First Team or All-OVC Second Team for their efforts on the year. It marks the first time in conference history that a team's entire starting lineup received all-conference recognition. Additionally, Van Horn helped guide four of her five starting pairs to AVCA Top Flight status on the year. Going into the 2025 season, the program had only ever had one other AVCA Top Flight pair in the previous five seasons COMBINED.
Van Horn earned her bachelor's of arts in Psychology from Christopher Newport University in 2010 and went on to earn two master's degrees from Regent University in 2015. While at CNU, she played volleyball under Lindsay Birch from 2006-07 and competed for the Track and Field team from 2008-10 and earned all-conference accolades each year.Â
Van Horn also practices as a Licensed Professional Mental Health Counselor and Sports Psychology Consultant in Chattanooga. Juliana and her husband Darin Van Horn reside in Chattanooga with their son, Bronko, and their daughter, Stetson.
