Coach Rowland had a remarkable season in her first full year as the men's volleyball head coach, leading the Cobras to a 13-10 overall record and a second straight spot in the IVA Tournament championship game. Rowland nearly matched last season's win total despite having just one bench player for the entire season. She coached Joao Victor Santos to the C.G. Timberlake Male Athlete of the Year award, and Gary Baker to the Breakthrough Male Athlete of the Year award at the 2018 FANG Awards. Santos, Baker, and Stephen Porras were all selected to the IVA All-Tournament team, and Santos was named the OTB Independent Teams Player of the Year. The Cobras picked up impressive victories over Alderson Broaddus, Queens N.C., Belmont Abbey, and Limestone.

Rowland completed her fourth full season of the Coker women's volleyball team, leading them to 14 wins, the most since the 2007-08 season. The Cobras finished second in the South Atlantic Conference in digs with 2,203 and set a new Coker team record with 1,226 assists. She led the Cobras to a trip to the South Atlantic Conference Quarterfinals for the first time in team history. Rowland coached Taylor du Bray to the All-SAC team, and Madison Bingle to the 2017-18 Cobra Service Award at the FANG Awards.

Julia Rowland was appointed as Coker's head men's volleyball coach in May 2017. 

Rowland took over the men's volleyball program this past season as the interim head coach on Mar. 24. During her stint with the men's volleyball team in 2017, Rowland led the Cobras to a 5-2 record and a berth in the inaugural Independent Volleyball Association (IVA) championship game. Under Rowland, Four Cobras made the All-IVA Tournament Team in Artur Cabral, Luca Berger, Stephen Porras, and Gary Baker. Cabral finished the IVA Tournament with 46 kills, while Berger completed the tournament with 12 kills and 11 total blocks. Stephen Porras dished out 77 assists and Gary Baker collected 26 digs during the tournament. In addition, Baker broke the Coker single season digs per set record, averaging 2.21. 

In addition to her duties as the head men's volleyball coach, Rowland will enter her third season at the helm of the women's volleyball program. In her second season leading the women's volleyball team, Rowland guided the Navy and Gold to 13 wins and a season sweep over Carson-Newman. She coached CoSIDA First Team Academic All-District outside hitter Madison Bingle and led the team to the Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC) Team Excellence Award at the third annual FANG Awards by partaking in events on Coker's campus, while also engaging in numerous community engagement projects in Hartsville.

Before coming to Coker, she served as the head coach for the Sullivan East High School women’s volleyball team in Bluff City, Tenn. In six years as the head coach she compiled a 163-116 overall record and was 45-7 in conference. She led her team to four conference championships, three district championships, and to the Tennessee state tournament in four out of six seasons. Many of her players received postseason honors during her time including three conference players of the year, 22 all-conference selections, a conference setter and libero of the year, two conference hitters of the year and two all-state players. 

Before coaching at Sullivan East, Rowland spent two years as an assistant coach at Carson-Newman. During her time with the Eagles the women went 48-26, earning a bid to the 2008 NCAA Tournament. She also coached three All-SAC selections and an all-region player.
 
As a player Rowland was a four-year member of the King University women’s volleyball team. She helped guide the Tornado to four Appalachian Conference regular and tournament championships, a regional championship and a trip to the NAIA National Tournament.

Rowland holds a bachelor of science in mathematics from King, a master’s of arts in teaching from Carson-Newman and an educational specialist degree from Union College.