Jennifer Rockwood

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Jennifer Rockwood
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Rockwood with BYU in 2025
Personal information
Date of birth (1966-09-20) September 20, 1966 (age 59) [1] [2]
Team information
Current team
 BYU Cougars (head coach)
Youth career
–1984 Lakeridge Pacers [2]
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1985–1988 BYU club team
Managerial career
Waterford Ravens
Meridian Mongooses
Meridian Mongooses (boys)
1989–1994 BYU club team
1995– BYU Cougars
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Jennifer Rockwood (born September 20, 1966) is an American college soccer coach who is the head coach for the BYU Cougars women's soccer team, a position she has held since 1989. She is the only coach the school recognizes since the club joined NCAA competition in 1995. In 2021, she was named the United Soccer Coaches College Coach of the Year after leading BYU to their first national title game appearance.

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Early life

Rockwood was born to Jerry and Kae Rockwood as the oldest of five children, with her brothers being named Jon, Jason, Jared, and Jeffrey. Throughout junior high and high school Rockwood acted as a four-sport athlete, in soccer, basketball, softball, and track. Rockwood was offered a basketball scholarship at Ricks College, which she accepted in the fall of 1984, but her one true desire was soccer. After participating in basketball in the Fall-winter of 1984–85, Rockwood transferred and enrolled at Brigham Young University. Rockwood would play with the Cougars club team from 1985 to 1988, and as a senior Rockwood was placed in charge of scheduling and budgets for the club team. [3]

Coaching career

Rockwood coached high school soccer for the Waterford School girls' team and the Meridian School's boys' and girls' teams prior to graduating from BYU. [4] [5] After graduating, she became the club team's head coach in 1989 and led them to two Western National Collegiate Club soccer Association (NCCSA) Championships in 1993 and 1994. In 1995 BYU officially recognized women's soccer as an NCAA sport. [6] Rockwood was retained and became the Cougars first NCAA women's soccer coach. [7] Rockwood began to have immediate success. In her 27 years as head coach, Rockwood's Cougars have made the NCAA tournament 21 times. In the October 19, 2013 match vs. the San Francisco Dons, Rockwood would amass her 300th win. [7] Twice Rockwood has led the Cougars to the NCAA's Elite 8: 2003 [8] and 2012. [9] In 2021 Rockwood led the Cougars to their first ever College Cup. Athletes playing for Rockwood have seen continual success over those 27 seasons. 46 of Rockwood's players have gone on to win All-American awards. [10]

Head coaching record

Varsity

Statistics overview
SeasonTeamOverallConferenceStandingPostseason
BYU Cougars (Western Athletic Conference)(1995–1998)
1995BYU 11–8–14–1–13rd
1996BYU 22–1–06–1–02nd
1997BYU 19–4–06–1–02nd NCAA Division I First Round
1998BYU 20–5–06–1–02nd NCAA Division I Third Round
BYU Cougars (Mountain West Conference)(1999–2010)
1999BYU 21–4–05–1–01st NCAA Division I Second Round
2000BYU 19–4–16–0–01st NCAA Division I Second Round
2001BYU 14–7–15–1–01st NCAA Division I Second Round
2002BYU 16–6–06–0–01st NCAA Division I First Round
2003BYU 16–7–34–2–02nd NCAA Division I Elite 8
2004BYU 7–10–43–2–12nd
2005BYU 15–2–44–1–23rd NCAA Division I First Round
2006BYU 13–3–45–1–12nd NCAA Division I First Round
2007BYU 17–4–24–3–03rd NCAA Division I First Round
2008BYU 18–5–17–0–01st NCAA Division I Second Round
2009BYU 18–4–26–0–11st NCAA Division I Second Round
2010BYU 16–3–35–1–12nd NCAA Division I First Round
BYU Cougars (West Coast Conference)(2011–2022)
2011BYU 11–5–35–2–14th
2012BYU 20–2–27–0–11st NCAA Division I Elite 8
2013BYU 15–5–18–1–0T–1st NCAA Division I Second Round
2014 BYU 13–5–37–1–11st NCAA Division I First Round
2015 BYU 16–3–27–1–11st NCAA Division I Second Round
2016 BYU 18–3–17–1–11st NCAA Division I Third Round
2017 BYU 7–8–44–4–14th
2018 BYU 13–5–18–11st NCAA Division I First Round
2019 BYU 21–1–18–0–11st NCAA Division I Elite 8
2020 BYU 11–4–17–1–12nd NCAA Division I Second Round
2021 BYU 17–5–28–1–0T–1st NCAA Division I Runner-up
2022 BYU 11–3–76–0–32nd NCAA Division I Sweet 16
BYU Cougars (Big 12 Conference)(2023–present)
2023 BYU 20–3–37–0–32nd NCAA Division I Semifinal
2024 BYU 9–7–56–2–34th NCAA Division I First Round
2025 BYU 11–7–64–5–28th NCAA Division I Sweet 16
BYU:475–143–68 (.742)181–36–26 (.798)
Total:475–143–68 (.742)

      National champion        Postseason invitational champion  
      Conference regular season champion        Conference regular season and conference tournament champion
      Division regular season champion      Division regular season and conference tournament champion
      Conference tournament champion

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See also

References

  1. ↑ BYU Cougars women's soccer [@byusoccer_w] (September 20, 2021). "Happy Birthday to the 🐐" (Tweet). Archived from the original on September 21, 2021. Retrieved February 12, 2023– via Twitter.
  2. 1 2 "Moabite's granddaughter soccer coach at B.Y.U." The Times-Independent . Vol. 96, no. 32. Moab, Utah. August 10, 1989. p. B8. Retrieved February 12, 2023. The 22-year-old soccer, baseball and track and field standout graduated from Lakeridge in 1984.
  3. ↑ "Jennifer Rockwood on BYUtv's Legends".
  4. ↑ Ekins, Loni (October 29, 2001). "Building strength on 'The Rock'". The Daily Universe . Retrieved February 12, 2023.
  5. ↑ Evensen, Rachel (Summer 2017). "Pressing Toward the Goal". Marriott Alumni Magazine. Marriott School of Business . Retrieved February 12, 2023.
  6. ↑ "BYU women's soccer: Coach Rockwood learns to loosen up".
  7. 1 2 "Reaching 300, one win at a time for BYU's Rockwood". November 12, 2013. Archived from the original on May 17, 2017. Retrieved July 24, 2014.
  8. ↑ "BYU Women's Soccer in the NCAA TOURNEY". BYUCougars.com. BYU Athletics. Archived from the original on November 9, 2007. Retrieved January 21, 2008.
  9. ↑ UNC women’s soccer upsets BYU to advance to Final Four. The Capital Sports Report. Retrieved on 2012-11-24.
  10. ↑ Cal State Fullerton at BYU Game Notes Archived 2014-07-26 at the Wayback Machine . Byucougars.com. Retrieved on 2013-08-20.
  11. ↑ "NCAA Statistics; Coach; Jennifer Rockwood". National Collegiate Athletic Association . Retrieved February 5, 2026.
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