Bio

Dan Rodgers joined the men's golf program as assistant coach in 2014-15 before being named head coach for the 2016-17 season. Rodgers also serves as the head coach of the women's golf team which competed in its first year of varsity collegiate competition in 2014-15.

In seven years at the helm, Rodgers has led the men’s golf team to five NCAA Championship appearances, including four straight appearances.

The 2022-23 season was a historic one for Rodgers and the program, as the Tartans won the first team NCAA Division III Championship in university history. Carnegie Mellon trailed by eight strokes heading into the final round and then recorded the lowest round of the tournament by any team of nine-under par on the last day.

Major Team Highlights

• 2023 NCAA Champions
• NCAA Tournament appearances: 5 (2017, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023)
• 2023 University Athletic Association (UAA) Champions
• School Record round of 19-under par on March 10. 2020 at Savannah Invitational

Major Player Highlights

• 14 All-American honors
• 21 All-Region accolades
• 4 UAA Player of the Year selections
• 3 UAA Rookies of the Year
• 20 All-UAA honorees
• 17 GCAA All-America Scholars
• 2 Academic All-Americans
• William Knauth named Byron Nelson Award winner in 2022

Career Coaching Highlights

• 2023 NCAA Division III Coach of the Year
• Regional Coach of the Year: 6 (2017, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023)

Playing Career

• Elected as a PGA Professional in 2008
• Won the 2011 Tri-State PGA Assistants Championship
• Played in the 2011 and 2014 PGA National Championships
• Played in 2011 PGA National Assistant Championship
• Placed sixth at the West Penn Open in 2018
• Tied for third at the 2019 Tri-State PGA Section Championship
• Qualified for the 2020 PGA Professional Championship
• Three-year letter winner and a two-year captain at Slippery Rock University

Rodgers worked as the Head Golf Professional at the Sewickley Heights Golf Club in Sewickley, Pa. from 2015-16 and was the 1st Assistant Golf Professional from 2009-15. He managed a staff of nearly 20, trained golf operations professionals, supervised tournaments and taught clinics and lessons. Rodgers has also worked at the Wildwood Golf Club in Allison Park, Pa., and Valley Brook Country Club in McMurray, Pa.