Head women’s basketball coach Laura Harper announced on Friday morning that Christie Rogers has been hired as an assistant women’s basketball coach at Coppin State University.
“Christie is a champion, with deep recruiting ties in the DMV,” said Harper. “She is a proven worker and winner in this game and her veteran leadership will bring immense value to our staff. Coppin State is lucky to land a coach of Christie’s caliber.”
Rogers spent the 2019-20 season as an assistant coach at nearby UMBC where she was charged with leading the offense. Rogers helped the Retrievers to increases in their field goal and three-point field goal percentages, both of which ranked third in the America East that season.
In addition to leading the offense, Rogers worked with the post players and helped junior Janee’a Summers to America East All-Conference Third Team honors.
Prior to joining the Retrievers, Rogers was an assistant coach and recruiting coordinator at Radford University starting in 2016. While at Radford, Rogers helped coach the Highlanders to two Big South regular-season championships and a tournament championship in 2018-19, where the team finished 26-7 overall and 17-1 in the Big South. While Rogers was with the Highlanders, they won 73 games and made three trips to the postseason, going to the NCAA tournament in 2018-19 and the WNIT in 2017-18 and 2016-17.
During her time at Radford, Rogers coached All-Conference players in Destinee Walker, Lydia Rivers, Sydney Nunley, and Khiana Johnson.
Before her stint at Radford, Rogers spent four seasons as an assistant coach at Towson University. While with the Tigers, Rogers signed two top players from ESPN and USA Today’s #1 team in the nation and helped to coach All-CAA players Tanisha McTiller, who finished first in scoring in the conference, Dominique Johnson, Breonn Hughey, and Raven Bankston.
Rogers also spent the 2011-12 season as an assistant coach at Winthrop University, where the Eagles broke 45 team records, Diana Choibekova led the NCAA in three-point field goals per game (3.90), and Dequesha McClanahan was named Big South Player of the Year, the first player in program history to earn the honor. While at Winthrop, Rogers was also responsible for all recruiting efforts where she signed a Top 100 class that season.
Rogers’ first collegiate coaching experience came when she was a graduate assistant coach at Clemson from 2009-11, where she assisted the recruiting coordinator with the recruiting efforts for the team. She earned a Master of Science in Youth Development Leadership during her tenure with the Tigers.
In 2008, Rogers spent five months as a women’s basketball coaches intern for the Washington Mystics, where she assisted in many tasks including planning practices, pregame warm-ups, and working with strength and conditioning.
Rogers spent three seasons as a point guard for the Washington College Shorewomen where she was a three-time captain. She graduated in 2009 with a degree in psychology. Rogers was also one of 53 participants in the WBCA’s “So You Want To Be A Coach” program and helped coach at the “YES Clinics” in conjunction with the Final Four.
