Years at BYU
1995-Present
Career Highlights
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Appointed as BYU's first full-time coach in 1996
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Named the 2012 West Regional Coach of the Year
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Named the 2012 WCC Coach of the Year
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Named the 2008 MWC Coach of the Year
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Named the 2000 MWC Coach of the Year
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Named 1996 Soccer Buzz West Region Coach of the Year
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Named 1996 WAC Coach of the Year
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Advanced to the Sweet Sixteen in 1998, 2000, 2003 and 2012
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Went to the Elite Eight in 2003 and 2012
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Led BYU to MWC regular season and tournament MWC Championships in 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2007, 2008 and 2010
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Led BYU to a WCC regular season title in 2012
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Led Cougars to a NCAA tournament appearance in 14 of 18 years as head coach
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Reached highest national ranking (No. 2) in 2012 season
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Finished ranked in the Top 10 in 1998, 2000, 2003 and 2012 (5th in the nation)
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Finished ranked in the top 25 five out of the last eight years
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Guided BYU to the WAC title and a national ranking in her second season (1997)
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Guided BYU to its first-ever seed in the NCAA Tournament (No. 4) in 2005 and its first-ever No. 1 seed in 2012
All-American Legacy
Since the inception of NCAA Div. I Women's Soccer at BYU, head coach Jennifer Rockwood has tutored a number of All-American players.
NSCAA All-Americans
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Year |
Name |
Team |
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2012 |
Lindsi Lisonbee Cutshall |
1st |
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2012 |
Jessica Ringwood |
2nd |
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2011 |
Lindsi Lisonbee |
3rd |
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2010 |
Lindsi Lisonbee |
2nd |
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2009 |
Andrea Willis |
3rd |
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2008 |
Katie Larkin |
3rd |
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2007 |
Katie Larkin |
3rd |
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2006 |
Katie Larkin |
3rd |
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2005 |
Jaime Rendich Beck |
3rd |
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2003 |
Aleisha Cramer Rose |
3rd |
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2002 |
Aleisha Cramer Rose |
2nd |
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2000 |
Aleisha Cramer Rose |
1st |
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1999 |
Maren Hendershot |
1st |
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1998 |
Maren Hendershot |
3rd |
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Shauna Rohbock |
3rd |
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1997 |
Shauna Rohbock |
2nd |
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1996 |
Shauna Rohbock |
2nd |
|
1991 |
Staci Reynolds |
2nd |
Soccer Buzz All-Americans
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Year |
Name |
Team |
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2008 |
McKinzie Olson |
3rd (Freshman) |
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Lauren Anderson |
3rd (Freshman) |
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Andrea Willis |
4th |
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2007 |
Katie Larkin |
3rd |
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2006 |
Andrea Willis |
3rd (Freshman) |
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|
Katie Larkin |
3rd |
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2005 |
Jamie Rendich Beck |
3rd |
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2003 |
Aleisha Cramer rose |
2nd |
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2002 |
Aleisha Cramer Rose |
3rd |
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2001 |
Aleisha Cramer Rose |
1st |
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2000 |
Michelle Jensen Peterson |
2nd |
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|
Aleisha Cramer Rose |
3rd (Freshman 1st) |
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Staci Reynolds |
Honorable Mention |
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1999 |
Staci Reynolds |
3rd |
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|
Maren Hendershot |
Honorable Mention |
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1998 |
Shauna Rohbock |
3rd |
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1997 |
Shauna Rohbock |
2nd |
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1996 |
Shauna Rohbock |
3rd |
Soccer Times All-Americans
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Year |
Name |
Team |
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2005 |
Jaime Rendich Beck |
Honorable Mention |
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*information prior to 2005 is not available |
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Soccer America All-Americans
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Year |
Name |
Team |
|
2006 |
Katie Larkin |
3rd |
Coaching Statistics
BYU CLUB RECORD: 128-25-9; six years as club coach
BYU RECORD THROUGH 2013: 293-84-31
|
Year |
Record |
Conf. |
Finish |
Nat. Rank |
NCAA tourney |
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1995 |
11-8-1 |
WAC |
3rd |
N/A |
N/A |
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1996 |
22-1-0 |
WAC |
1st* |
13 |
N/A |
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1997 |
19-4-0 |
WAC |
2nd |
12 |
17th |
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1998 |
20-5-0 |
WAC |
2nd |
12 |
9th |
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1999 |
21-4-0 |
MWC |
1st* |
14 |
17th |
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2000 |
19-4-1 |
MWC |
1st* |
10 |
9th |
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2001 |
14-7-1 |
MWC |
1st* |
19 |
17th |
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2002 |
16-6-0 |
MWC |
1st* |
23 |
32rd |
|
2003 |
16-7-3 |
MWC |
2nd |
14 |
5th |
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2004 |
7-10-4 |
MWC |
2nd |
N/A |
N/A |
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2005 |
15-2-4 |
MWC |
2nd |
23 |
32nd |
|
2006 |
13-3-4 |
MWC |
2nd |
N/A |
N/A |
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2007 |
14-3-2 |
MWC |
1st* |
N/A |
N/A |
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2008 |
18-5-1 |
MWC |
1st* |
19 |
N/A |
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2009 |
18-4-2 |
MWC |
1st |
13 |
N/A |
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2010 |
16-3-3 |
MWC |
2nd* |
17 |
N/A |
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2011 |
11-5-3 |
WCC |
4th |
N/A |
N/A |
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2012 |
20-2-2 |
WCC |
1st* |
2nd |
5th |
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293-84-31 |
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*conference championship
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Coach Rockwood and NCAA Coaching Rankings (after 2012)
ALL DIVISIONS
No. 28 All-Time winning percentage (10 years minimum coaching)
DIVISION 1
No. 5 Winningest active coach by percentage (5 years minimum coaching)
No. 20 Winningest active coach by victories
No. 7 Winningest coach all-time by percentage (10 years minimum coaching)
No. 24 Winningest coach all-time by victories
After completing her 18th season, head coach Jennifer Rockwood has taken the BYU women's soccer team to national prominence and established herself as one of the premier coaches in Division I soccer today.
At year's end in 2012, Rockwood ranked 5th in winning percentage among active NCAA Division I coaches with an impressive 293-84-31 overall record for her career. Over the last 18 seasons at the helm of the BYU women's soccer program, Rockwood has accumulated a .756 winning percentage.
Rockwood has guided the Cougars to eight conference championships during her tenure including a MWC Tournament Championship in 2007 and 2010, the program's final season with the conference. After guiding the program into the West Coast Conference, the Cougars have remained a premier team in one of the nation's top conferences. On the national scene, her teams have made 14 appearances in the NCAA Tournament in the last 18 years and reached the Sweet Sixteen in 1998, 2000, 2003 and 2012. In 2005, BYU was ranked as high as No. 6 in the country during the regular season and received its first-ever No. 4 seed in the NCAA tournament.
In possibly one of BYU's most successful seasons, 2012, the Cougars were ranked as high as No. 2 and received a No. 1 seed in the NCAA College Cup, the first women's program at BYU to ever be awarded a 1-seed. The team went 20-2-2 with four wins over teams ranked in the Top 25 throughout the season.
BYU regularly maintains a consistent Top 25 ranking. Under Rockwood's tutelage, the team finished in the Top 10 in 1998, 2000, 2003 and 2012, and have finished in the Top 25 in five of the last eight years.
Among the many achievements and awards she has received over her career, Rockwood has been honored with four conference Coach-of-the-Year citations, one by the Western Athletic Conference in 1996, two by the MWC in 2000 and 2008, and one from the WCC in 2012. In 1996 and 2012 Rockwood was also nominated for Region Coach-of-the-Year honors.
She also became the first MWC coach to eclipse the 100-win and 200-win marks with a shutout at Milwaukee-Wisconsin, 2-0, on Sept. 23, 2000. Her 200th win happened on Sept. 24, 2007 when BYU beat Washington 2-1 at home.
A long list of All-American soccer players has emerged from BYU's program and Rockwood's influence. These athletes include Shauna Rohbock, Katie Larkin, Jaime Rendich Beck, Aleisha Rose, Michelle Jensen and Lindsi Lisonbee Cutshall. Among the players who have been coached by Rockwood are five additional All-American athletes that were drafted by the Women's United Soccer Association: Shauna Rohbock, Maren Hendershot, Staci Reynolds and most recently Lindsi Lisonbee Cutshall, who was drafted in the National Women's Soccer League No. 4 overall to play for the New Jersey Sky Blue FC. Sara Reading was also selected to play for the WUSA. In 2008 Katie Larkin was drafted by the Los Angeles Sol of the inaugural Women's Professional Soccer League.
Prior to becoming the head coach, Rockwood led BYU's highly successful club soccer team for seven years. In that time she amassed an overall record of 128-25-9. The final two years she took her teams to the Western National Collegiate Club soccer Association (NCCSA) title and placed second in the NCCSA National Championships.
The Lake Oswego, Ore. native was a four-sport athlete in high school playing soccer, softball, basketball and track. After one year at Rick's College on a basketball scholarship, she transferred to BYU where she became a four-year starter at center midfield on the Cougars' club soccer team and graduated in finance, business management. Rockwood has also coached youth club programs, high school teams and the Utah Olympic Development Program.