Julie Taylor joined the WNY Flash Academy in 2019. Taylor serves as the head coach of the academy’s 11G Red team.
A native of Lancaster, N.Y., in addition to her duties with the WNY Flash Academy, Taylor serves as the head coach of the varsity girls soccer team at Lancaster High School. In 2019, she guided the Legends to an ECIC Division 1 Championship. Under her leadership, six players have gone on to compete at the collegiate level.
As a player at Lancaster High School, Taylor earned All-ECIC First Team and All-Western New York Honorable Mention selections. She would then go on to compete at SUNY Brockport for two seasons (2008-10), where she graduated in 2013 with a bachelor’s degree in Special Education and History.
Taylor and her husband, Matthew, currently reside in Williamsville, N.Y.