Jennifer Rockwood

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Jennifer Rockwood
Personal information
Date of birth (1966-09-20) September 20, 1966 (age 57) [1] [2]
Team information
Current team
BYU Cougars (head coach)
Youth career
0000–1984 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 soccer coach, and 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. [3]

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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. [4]

Coaching

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. [5] [6] 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. 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

Neither the WAC nor the WCC held a conference tournament, so the highest achievement BYU could attain during those regular seasons was the regular season title.

Statistics overview
SeasonTeamOverallConferenceStandingPostseason
BYU (Western Athletic Conference)(1995–1998)
1995BYU 11–8–14–1–13rd
1996BYU 22–1–16–1–02nd
1997BYU 19–4–16–1–02ndNCAA 1st Round
1998BYU 20–5–06–1–02ndNCAA 3rd Round
BYU (Mountain West Conference)(1999–2010)
1999BYU 21–4–05–1–01stNCAA 2nd Round
2000BYU 19–4–16–0–01stNCAA 2nd Round
2001BYU 14–7–15–1–01stNCAA 2nd Round
2002BYU 16–6–06–0–01stNCAA 1st Round
2003BYU 16–7–34–2–02ndNCAA Elite 8
2004BYU 7–10–43–2–12nd
2005BYU 15–2–44–1–23rdNCAA 1st Round
2006BYU 13–4–45–1–12ndNCAA 1st Round
2007BYU 17–4–24–3–03rdNCAA 1st Round
2008BYU 18–5–17–0–01stNCAA 2nd Round
2009BYU 18–4–26–0–11stNCAA 2nd Round
2010BYU 16–3–35–1–12ndNCAA 1st Round
BYU (West Coast Conference)(2011–2022)
2011BYU 11–5–35–2–14th
2012BYU 20–2–27–0–11stNCAA Elite 8
2013BYU 16–5–28–1–0T-1stNCAA 2nd Round
2014 BYU 13–5–37–1–11stNCAA 1st Round
2015 BYU 16–3–27–1–11stNCAA 2nd Round
2016 BYU 18–3–17–1–11stNCAA 3rd Round
2017 BYU 7-8-44-4-14th
2018 BYU 13-5-18-11stNCAA 1st Round
2019 BYU 21-0-18-0-11stNCAA Elite 8
2020 BYU 11-4-17-1-12ndNCAA 2nd Round
2021 BYU 17-4-38-1-0T-1stNational Runner-Up
BYU:425–122–51 (.753)158–29–15 (.819)
Total:425–122–51 (.753)

      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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