Career Highlights
• 15 years as Marymount head coach
• Winningest Coach in Marymount program history
• Back-to-Back Atlantic East Conference Championships
• Back-to-Back NCAA tournament births
• Back-to-Back Coaching Staff of the Year
• 26 All-Conference Selections
• Played at Penn State University 1992-1996
• Big 10 Scholar-Athlete
Chris Rogers enters his 16th season as the head men's basketball coach at Marymount ahead of the 2024-25 season. He is the fourth and winningest coach in program history.
During the 2023-24 season, Rogers pushed the Saints to their second-straight Atlantic East Conference Championship, taking down Gwynedd Mercy in Converse Family Fieldhouse by a final score of 83-to-72, going on their second trip to the NCAA Tournament.
CJ Highsmith Jr. earned Atlantic East Defensive Player of the Year for his efforts on the season, with Montell Cooper and Marcus Stubbs each earning All-Conference nods. Jack Bifano garnered his second-straight Elite 20 Award.
In 2022-23, Rogers led the Saints to their first conference title and NCAA Tournament appearance since 2000 with a hard-fought 57-52 win over Neumann in a conference championship rematch. The Saints finished 17-11 after falling to Oswego State in the NCAA First Round.
Marcus Stubbs and Wyatt Hockenberry earned First Team All-Conference recognition with Stubbs also earning an All-Region nod from d3hoops.com. Rogers and his staff were named Atlantic East Coaching Staff of the Year for their efforts. Jack Bifano received the prestigious Atlantic East Elite 20 Award for holding the highest cumulative GPA at the championship site.
Rogers brought the Saints to the Atlantic East Championship game in the 2021-22 season, falling just short to Neumann in Converse Family Field House. Xavier Reaves earned First Team All-Conference recognition while Montell Cooper was named Atlantic East Rookie of the Year and Second Team All-Conference. Roey Stern earned a pair of impressive honors, as he was named the men's basketball Elite 20 Award recipient and the Atlantic East Man of the Year.
Rogers navigated the Saints to a perfect 3-0 mark in a COVID-shortened campaign in 2020-21. The highlight of the campaign came in the season finale, as the Saints handled the Landmark Conference champion Drew University, 82-63. Under his mentorship, a pair of student-athletes were recognized by the Virginia Sports Information Directors (VaSID), as Steve Etienne and Montell Cooper earned end-of-year honors. Etienne was named to the All-State Second Team, while Cooper was named the Rookie of the Year.
In Marymount's second season in the Atlantic East Conference, Rogers guided the Saints to a 17-10 win overall record and a stellar 9-3 mark in conference action. The team won its final six regular season games to clinch the No. 3 seed in the Atlantic East Tournament and reached the semifinal round of the competition. A pair of student-athletes earned recognition from the Atlantic East, as Steve Etienne was named the Defensive Player of the Year and earned a spot on the First Team, while Xavier Reaves picked up Second Team honors.
He led the men's basketball program through its first season in the newly-formed Atlantic East Conference in the 2018-19 season, advancing to the conference championship game. The team posted a 7-5 record in conference play and a 17-13 record, overall. The team earned a spot in the ECAC Division III tournament, winning a first-round contest over Misericordia University to advance to the quarterfinal round. Sophomore Steve Etienne was named to the All-Atlantic East second team for the first-ever all-conference selection in the new conference.
In 2014-2015, Rogers led the Saints to a 19-7 overall record, the highest win total since the Saints won 19 games in the 2001-2002 season, while posting a 13-5 conference record finishing third through the regular season.
In his first season at the helm in 2009-10, Rogers led the Saints to a 15-12 overall record and a 9-7 mark in Capital Athletic Conference play. Marymount’s 15 wins were the most in program history by a first year head coach and the nine conference victories were the most since the 2006-07 campaign. His best performance in the conference tournament came in this season as well, leading MU to a semifinal appearance where they fell short to St. Mary’s College of Maryland, 95-62.
Prior to arriving at Marymount, Rogers was the head assistant coach at Franklin & Marshall College. While at F&M, Rogers was involved in all aspects of the basketball program, including recruiting and practices, and gained valuable experience from head coach Glenn Robinson, the winningest coach in NCAA Division III men’s basketball. In his five seasons at F&M, the Diplomats won two regular season Centennial Conference championships and advanced to the D-III Final Four in 2008-09.
Prior to F&M, Rogers was the head assistant at Lebanon Valley College for three seasons under head coach Brad McAlester, the current all-time wins leader at LVC. While at LVC, the Dutchmen won the 2003-04 ECAC title and made the Middle Atlantic Conference playoffs each year. Previously, Rogers was the operations assistant for men’s basketball at Villanova University while attending grad school at West Chester (Pa.) University. He also worked as a facility and operations assistant at the University of Pennsylvania and as an intern in the athletics department at West Chester.
Rogers was a four-year letter winner in basketball at Penn State and was named a Big Ten Conference Scholar-Athlete in 1996. Penn State advanced to the 1995 NIT semifinals and also made an appearance in the 1996 NCAA tournament. The Nittany Lions were undefeated in the Big Ten at home and spent 10-straight weeks in the national Top-25.
During his time in State College, Rogers was fortunate enough to play for a very talented group of coaches. Bruce Parkhill was head coach during his first three years and was most recently Jim O’Brien’s associate head coach at Ohio State. Rogers’ second head coach and former assistant was Jerry Dunn, who’s most recent stops were as the associate head coach at West Virginia University and the University of Michigan. His assistant coaches were Ed DeChellis, head coach at Navy, Frank Haith, head coach at the University of Missouri and Mark Schmidt, head coach at St. Bonaventure University.
Rogers received a Bachelor of Science in Kinesiology/Health Education in 1996 from Penn State and a Master of Science in Sport and Athletic Administration from West Chester. He resides in Arlington with his wife, Ashlee Rogers, and four children, Georgia, Hugh, Andrew, and Luke.
