Justin McMillian

Owner & Executive Director

From Granite City, IL, Justin is the owner here at Elite FT and began his journey with this company in 2002. His roles include business strategy, manage the full time staff,  and ensuring consistency with our staff through our education program titled: The Elite Way!. Currently residing in Edwardsville, IL, Justin, his wife, Angela, and their two daughters, Evelyn (2) and Alexandria (newborn) love spending as much time together as possible! As for Justin’s experience, it goes way back. He played professional indoor soccer for the St. Louis Steamers and outdoor soccer for the Indiana Blast. He also played semi-professional for St. Louis Illusion and Illinois Piasa. Going back further, he played in college at SUIE where he earned 1st Team All-American, Conference Player of the Year and played in the Final 4, along with Western Illinois University his first 2 years. He played in high school for Granite City High School and club with the Granite City Elks. After gaining so much experience playing, he then took on the role of “coach.” Justin has coached at the recreational, club, college, and semi-professional level. Although, his first job was actually refereeing and delivering Domino’s Pizza! In 2021, Justin was inducted into the Granite City Sports Hall of Fame and in 2017 he became part owner of The Sports Academy and. He loves working at Elite FT because “it's all about people and sports. And I love both!”