University of South Carolina Upstate

Evan Rogers enters his first season with the USC Upstate soccer programs as the head goalkeeper coach. Rogers, a member of the West Virginia Chaos of the USL/PDL, will primarily work with the goalkeepers. Playing for Spartanburg Methodist in 2012 he finished ninth in the country in goals against average, allowing only .87 goals. Since 2014 he has been the goalkeeper coach for Christ Church, from the fall of 2016 through the spring of 2017 he was the Furman United head coach for the ’04 and ’05 boys and took over as the head coach for the ’00 boys in the fall of 2018.

Rogers has earned his Advanced National Goalkeeping license through the United Soccer Coaches Association. Rogers has coach a pair of goalkeepers who between themselves earned Big South Defensive Player of the Week honors three times over two seasons. Both Goalkeepers made the Big South All-Tournament Team. 13 clean sheets in two season, two Big South finals appearances and the first Big South Championship in school history along with a trip to the NCAA Tournament. 

Connor Behrand earned Big South Tournament MVP in 2017 and finished his career with the third best save percentage in Big South history. Jan Hoffelner was NPSL goalkeeper of the year in 2018.

Rogers is also the Director of goalkeeping at Carolina FC.