Bio

Dan Rodgers was at the helm of the Carnegie Mellon University women's golf program in its first year of varsity collegiate competition in 2014-15 and led the program to its first NCAA bid in just its fourth year of competition in 2018.

In 11 years at the helm, Rodgers has led the women’s golf team to six NCAA Championship appearances, including five straight appearances.

The 2023-24 season was a historic one for Rodgers and the program, as the Tartans won the first team NCAA Division III Championship for any women's program in university history.

Major Team Highlights

• 2024 NCAA Champions
• NCAA Tournament appearances: 6 (2018, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025)
• Top position in the final 2020 Division III national rankings by Golfstat

Major Player Highlights

• 19 All-American honors
• 30 All-Region accolades
• 1 UAA Player of the Year
• 4 UAA Rookies of the Year
• 40 All-UAA honorees
• 40 WGCA All-America Scholars
• 2 Academic All-Americans
• Division III WGCA Freshman of the Year in 2024 - Samantha Wang
• Individual Division III national runner-up in 2021 -  Alexis Sudjianto

Career Coaching Highlights

• 2020 and 2024 NCAA Division III Coach of the Year
• Regional Coach of the Year: 6 (2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025)
• UAA Coaching Staff of the Year: 2 (2018 and 2024)

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.