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Mr. Errol Rogers
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Home Phone: -- ROGERS NAMED 11th HEAD COACH IN SCHOOL HISTORY LAFAYETTE- Louisiana�s Ragin� Cajuns named Errol Rogers the 11th head women�s basketball coach in school history on Wednesday. His hiring is pending approval by the University of Louisiana System Board of Supervisors. Rogers� final high school stop was at Lafayette High, leading his team to a district co-championship, the first in school history. Rogers got his start in coaching at the Immaculate Heart of Mary Middle School during his tenure from 1984-91. In addition to coaching the girl’s basketball team, he also had stints as the athletic director and head football coach. While at the helm of the basketball team, Immaculate Heart was Catholic league champions four times. In 1985, Rogers founded the Acadiana Stars, an AAU girl�s basketball club in Lafayette. He was instrumental in helping bring the first AAU national championship to Lafayette for girls 14 and under in 1997. Former WNBA Miami Sol standout Shari Sam went through his program. A native of Lake Charles, La., Rogers is married to the former Damita Nabers. The couple has six children, five daughters, Dominique (19), Desiree (14), Danielle (11), Erin (7) and Erika (3) and one son, Errol, Jr. (5). Posted May 2, 2007 – – – – – – – – – – Cajun alum seeks more NCAA success Dan McDonald Errol Rogers made an immediate impact on one member of UL’s women’s basketball team. But it wasn’t the impact he expected. That girl was Courtney Ratliff, who was part of the delegation of Cajun players that met with Rogers late Tuesday night. Ratliff, one of the seniors on next year’s squad, recognized Rogers from her recruitment by Mississippi State out of junior college. “I was really scared about what was going to happen,” Ratliff said. “When I saw him, I had to walk back outside and try to remember where I knew him from. I took a recruiting visit to Mississippi State … we shot pool together. I think I beat him.” “You can tell he’s focused on the things we need to accomplish,” said guard Alicia McDaniel. “I feel like he’s going to do a lot of good things.” “He brings a lot of energy,” said New Iberia’s Onna Charles, who was too young to remember Rogers’ considerable involvement in the local AAU programs or his time spent coaching at three different Acadiana-area high schools. “I’d heard about him before, so I was excited to see what he was all about.” Rogers, a native of Lake Charles who was an assistant at MSU the last four years, was also an applicant in 2002 when J. Kelley Hall was hired. In the next five seasons, Hall led UL to a pair of Sun Belt Conference Western Division titles, and last year’s Cajun squad made the team’s first NCAA Tournament appearance as an at-large selection. “It’s a better job than it was then,” Rogers said of the UL post. “Coach Hall did a great job. I always felt it could be a great place, but it took a special person that was willing to get in there and work at it.” For his part, Rogers said he’s also better at what he does than the applicant from five years ago. “I’m a lot better prepared now,” he said. “Being in the SEC, with the level of play every night being so high, it makes you improve as a coach. But the Sun Belt is no pushover.” Rogers knows that from personal experience. Mississippi State fell to Sun Belt member Western Kentucky in the quarterfinals of the Women’s National Invitation Tournament in March. “When we started this process, I told the team that our goal was to find a coach that wanted not only a successful team, but a successful program,” said interim athletic director David Walker, “someone that cares about the student-athletes and someone that could generate community support. Errol brings all of that, and it helps that he’s a proud graduate of the University of Louisiana.” Rogers earned his degree from UL in 1995, but he’d already been coaching in the area for a decade prior to that at Immaculate Heart of Mary, Holy Rosary Institute and Opelousas Catholic. “I was on the 20-year plan here,” Rogers joked. “All I know is it’s wonderful to come back home. I love this place. I dreamed about coming here. Now that I’m here, it’s showtime. “It’s time to get to work.” UL’s new women’s basketball coach Errol Rogers is introduced to the media on Wednesday afternoon at the Cajundome. Rogers is a UL graduate and was an assistant coach at Mississippi State before he was hired. Errol Rogers timeline 1984-91 Head girls coach, Immaculate Heart of Mary, Lafayette 1991-92 Head boys coach, Holy Rosary Institute, Lafayette 1991-93 Head girls coach, Holy Rosary Institute, Lafayette 1993-98 Head girls coach, Opelousas Catholic High 1998-99 Head girls coach, Lafayette High 1999-2003 Assistant women’s coach, Bethune-Cookman College, Daytona Beach, Fla. 2003-present Assistant women’s coach, Mississippi State, Starkville, Miss. Daily Advertiser, May 3, 2007 Women’s Basketball: Introducing UL Coach Errol Rogers Women’s basketball coach takes time to answer some questions Eric Narcisse Former Opelousas Catholic girls basketball coach Errol Rogers took time before hitting the road to recruit this week to speak about life as the new head UL Ragin’ Cajuns women’s basketball coach. A: Yes we have. We bought a house out here. Q: Have you had a lot of people calling to congratulate you and/or to see how things are going? Q: Has it sunk in yet that you are a head women’s college basketball coach? A: I don’t even look at it as me being a head coach. I’m a coach. I have a job to do, so I’m just trying to work. Honestly, I don’t even think about it. Maybe when we start playing games I will, but right now I’m just trying to get things done. Q: What has it been like since you’ve been hired? A: Things have been moving fast. I’m finally getting a chance to slow down. I’m still trying to learn the ropes about what needs to be done and when it needs to be done. Q: How have the players reacted to your hire? Do you feel that they’ve accepted you? A: I think right now my hire has been received well by them. But we haven’t started practicing yet? Q: Do you believe practice could possibly change the way they look at you? A: I’m not sure if it will, but I know I’m going to demand a whole lot more from them once we begin practicing. I’m demanding a lot from them right now as far as getting work done in school, but once we start practicing I’ll still be demanding a lot academically and even more in basketball. Q: What’s been the biggest difference between being a head coach and an assistant? A: The biggest obstacle has been having to delegate responsibilites to the assistant coaches. That’s been the biggest thing. Also, making sure our athletes adhere to what the assistants and myself need them to do. Q: With the success the Ragin’ Cajuns women’s basketball program has had under former coach J. Kelley Hall, you appear to have some big shoes to fill? A: I don’t have any big shoes to fill. The only shoes I have to fill are Errol Rogers’ shoes. Q: You have a reputation as being a guy who is capable of selling people on a dream somewhat like a car salesman. Is that a good thing or a bad thing? A: It’s a good thing, because what I’m going to make recruits and their parents believe isn’t fiction. Everything I tell them is a fact. It will be the truth. What I’m going to try and get kids to realize is that by coming to UL first and foremost you will get a degree. And if they play hard for me we are going to accomplish a lot of great things. These are things that any kid who has played for me would tell them. Q: Why do people like playing for Erroll Rogers? A: Because I push them. I stress taking care of business. I saw a kid that used to play for me the other day and she told me she wanted to thank me for believing in her. She said “even though I didn’t succeed in basketball like you thought I could, I have excelled in life.” That’s what it is all about. Q: Is that why you love coaching so much? A: Yes. I love to see players attain things that other people didn’t think they were capable of attaining. I love being able to watch young people grow. Q: What does it take for an athlete to be an Erroll Rogers type of player? A: If they want to play for me – go to class. Represent your school in the right way. Come to practice and go as hard as you can. If they do these things, then just like Al Green says “everything is going to be all right.” Q: What do you look for when recruiting a player? A: Grades. If they don’t have grades they can’t play. Sometimes some kids don’t have great grades, but they have the potential of making good grades and all they need is to be pushed. I also look for attitude. Basicaly you have to watch a kid and determine whether they just need to be motivated. Q: There are people who wonder if you are the right man for the job, do you believe you are? A: They hired me, didn’t they? They hired me at Holy Rosary and we were successful. They hired me at Opelousas Catholic and we were very successful. Lafayette High hired me and we were very successful. Bethune-Cookman hired me and we were very successful. Mississippi State hired me and we were successful. In fact, they are about to be very, very successful. I’m not going to say anymore. UL’s women’s basketball coach Errol Rogers is introduced to the media on May 2 at the Cajundome. Rogers is a UL graduate and was an assistant coach at Mississippi State before taking over the program. Daily Advertiser, May 3, 2007 Errol Rogers’ file May 2, 2007 The UL graduate spent the last four seasons as an assistant coach at Mississ-ippi State with his primary responsibilities including on-court teaching and assisting with recruiting. The Bulldogs enjoyed a 12-win turnaround last season and advanced to the WNIT quarterfinals – their second WNIT trip in the last three seasons. Rogers’ collegiate experience also includes four years as an assistant coach at Bethune-Cookman College from 1999-2003 where he was in charge of developing game strategies, conditioning and training, recruiting, and arranging travel and lodging accommodations. BCC enjoyed back-to-back winning seasons in his final two years, marking the best two campaigns for the Wildcats in the past decade. Prior to his stint as an assistant coach on the collegiate level, Rogers spent eight years as a high school head coach in Louisiana. He accumulated a career record of 200-76 on the high school level in the state of Louisiana and was named Coach of the Year six times during his career. Source: Ragincajuns.com
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