Aquinas College

Rodger Garner will begin his third year as the Head Coach of the Women's Soccer Team this fall. Rodger started coaching with the Saints in 2002 and has a resume loaded with championships and honors.

Garner was a part of four high school state championship squads at East Kentwood High School and has guided two teams to “State Cup” championships. Coach Garner coached in the National Professional Soccer League and also was on the coaching staff of the Michigan Olympic Development Program. Garner has also served as the director of coaching for four different youth clubs. He is married to his wife of 36 years, Nancy, and has two grown children in Matt (Aquinas College) and Sean (Oakland University). 

 “I am very excited to start our third year with the Women's team," said Coach Garner. "The first two years exceeded our best expectations due to the hard work of the assistant coaches and the players.  I truly believe Aquinas College offers the best blend of academics and athletics that can be found anywhere. We are looking to bring in quality players who also possess the scholastic aptitude to succeed at Aquinas College. The players at Aquinas will be great students along with great people and great soccer players. We plan on being very involved in the local soccer community. We will encourage our players to do even more in the Grand Rapids community to make this a great place to live. We are very proud that last year's women soccer team was named an NAIA Scholar Team, and we are extremely proud of our 9 Academic All-Americans, signifying great academic achievement form our athletes."