Jennifer Rockwood
{{Short description|American soccer player and coach}}
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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1966|9|20}}{{cite tweet |author=BYU Cougars women's soccer |author-link=BYU Cougars women's soccer |user=byusoccer_w |number=1439955757194223623 |date=September 20, 2021 |title=Happy Birthday to the 🐐 |access-date=February 12, 2023 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210921114044/https://twitter.com/byusoccer_w/status/1439955757194223623 |archive-date=September 21, 2021}}{{cite news |location=Moab, Utah |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/118503989/moabites-granddaughter-soccer-coach-at/ |title=Moabite's granddaughter soccer coach at B.Y.U. |newspaper=The Times-Independent |volume=96 |number=32 |page=B8 |date=August 10, 1989 |access-date=February 12, 2023 |quote=The 22-year-old soccer, baseball and track and field standout graduated from Lakeridge in 1984.}}
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| currentclub = BYU Cougars (head coach)
| youthyears1 = {{0|0000}}–1984
| youthclubs1 = Lakeridge Pacers
| years1 = 1985–1988
| clubs1 = BYU club team
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| managerclubs1 = Waterford Ravens
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| managerclubs2 = Meridian Mongooses
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| managerclubs3 = Meridian Mongooses (boys)
| manageryears4 = 1989–1994
| managerclubs4 = BYU club team
| manageryears5 = 1995–
| managerclubs5 = BYU Cougars
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Jennifer Rockwood (born September 20, 1966) is an American soccer coach, and the head coach for the BYU Cougars women's soccer team, a position she has held since 1989. She is the only coach the school recognizes since the club joined NCAA competition in 1995.{{cite web |url=http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/cougars/50590579-88/rockwood-byu-coach-soccer.html.csp|title=BYU women's soccer: Coach Rockwood learns to loosen up}}
Early life
Rockwood was born to Jerry and Kae Rockwood as the oldest of five children, with her brothers being named Jon, Jason, Jared, and Jeffrey. Throughout junior high and high school Rockwood acted as a four-sport athlete, in soccer, basketball, softball, and track. Rockwood was offered a basketball scholarship at Ricks College, which she accepted in the fall of 1984, but her one true desire was soccer. After participating in basketball in the Fall-winter of 1984–85, Rockwood transferred and enrolled at Brigham Young University. Rockwood would play with the Cougars club team from 1985 to 1988, and as a senior Rockwood was placed in charge of scheduling and budgets for the club team.{{cite web |url=http://www.byutv.org/watch/dea822f9-699a-45fd-8711-8dfed5cd9c38/legends-jennifer-rockwood|title=Jennifer Rockwood on BYUtv's Legends}}
Coaching
Rockwood coached high school soccer for the Waterford School girls' team and the Meridian School's boys' and girls' teams prior to graduating from BYU.{{cite news |last=Ekins |first=Loni |url=https://universe.byu.edu/2001/10/29/building-strength-on-the-rock/ |title=Building strength on 'The Rock' |work=The Daily Universe |date=October 29, 2001 |access-date=February 12, 2023}}{{cite magazine |last=Evensen |first=Rachel |url=https://marriott.byu.edu/magazine/leading-alumni/pressing-toward-the-goal |title=Pressing Toward the Goal |magazine=Marriott Alumni Magazine |publisher=Marriott School of Business |date=Summer 2017 |access-date=February 12, 2023}} After graduating, she became the club team's head coach in 1989 and led them to two Western National Collegiate Club soccer Association (NCCSA) Championships in 1993 and 1994. In 1995 BYU officially recognized women's soccer as an NCAA sport. Rockwood was retained and became the Cougars first NCAA women's soccer coach.{{cite web|url=http://utahvalley360.com/2013/11/12/reaching-300-one-win-at-a-time-for-byus-rockwood/|title=Reaching 300, one win at a time for BYU's Rockwood|date=12 November 2013|access-date=24 July 2014|archive-date=17 May 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170517030811/http://utahvalley360.com/2013/11/12/reaching-300-one-win-at-a-time-for-byus-rockwood/|url-status=dead}} Rockwood began to have immediate success. In her 27 years as head coach, Rockwood's Cougars have made the NCAA tournament 21 times. In the October 19, 2013 match vs. the San Francisco Dons, Rockwood would amass her 300th win. Twice Rockwood has led the Cougars to the NCAA's Elite 8: 2003{{cite web|title=BYU Women's Soccer in the NCAA TOURNEY |work=BYUCougars.com |publisher=BYU Athletics |url=http://www.byucougars.com/soccer_w/history/NCAA.jsp |accessdate=2008-01-21 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20071109171920/http://www.byucougars.com/soccer_w/history/NCAA.jsp |archivedate=2007-11-09 }} and 2012.[http://capitalsportsnc.com/?p=4687 UNC women’s soccer upsets BYU to advance to Final Four]. The Capital Sports Report. Retrieved on 2012-11-24. In 2021 Rockwood led the Cougars to their first ever College Cup. Athletes playing for Rockwood have seen continual success over those 27 seasons. 46 of Rockwood's players have gone on to win All-American awards.[http://byucougars.com/files/cal_state_fullerton_notes.pdf Cal State Fullerton at BYU Game Notes] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140726224002/http://byucougars.com/files/cal_state_fullerton_notes.pdf |date=2014-07-26 }}. Byucougars.com. Retrieved on 2013-08-20.
Head coaching record
Neither the WAC nor the WCC held a conference tournament, so the highest achievement BYU could attain during those regular seasons was the regular season title.
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{{CBB Yearly Record Subhead|
|name=BYU
|startyear=1995
|conference=Western Athletic Conference
|endyear=1998
|}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 1995
| name = BYU
| overall = 11–8–1
| conference = 4–1–1
| confstanding = 3rd
| postseason =
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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship = conference tournament
| season = 1996
| name = BYU
| overall = 22–1–1
| conference = 6–1–0
| confstanding = 2nd
| postseason =
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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 1997
| name = BYU
| overall = 19–4–1
| conference = 6–1–0
| confstanding = 2nd
| postseason = NCAA 1st Round
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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 1998
| name = BYU
| overall = 20–5–0
| conference = 6–1–0
| confstanding = 2nd
| postseason = NCAA 3rd Round
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{{CBB Yearly Record Subhead|
|name=BYU
|startyear=1999
|conference=Mountain West Conference
|endyear=2010
|}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship = confboth
| season = 1999
| name = BYU
| overall = 21–4–0
| conference = 5–1–0
| confstanding = 1st
| postseason = NCAA 2nd Round
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship = confboth
| season = 2000
| name = BYU
| overall = 19–4–1
| conference = 6–0–0
| confstanding = 1st
| postseason = NCAA 2nd Round
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship = confboth
| season = 2001
| name = BYU
| overall = 14–7–1
| conference = 5–1–0
| confstanding = 1st
| postseason = NCAA 2nd Round
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship = confboth
| season = 2002
| name = BYU
| overall = 16–6–0
| conference = 6–0–0
| confstanding = 1st
| postseason = NCAA 1st Round
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 2003
| name = BYU
| overall = 16–7–3
| conference = 4–2–0
| confstanding = 2nd
| postseason = NCAA Elite 8
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 2004
| name = BYU
| overall = 7–10–4
| conference = 3–2–1
| confstanding = 2nd
| postseason =
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 2005
| name = BYU
| overall = 15–2–4
| conference = 4–1–2
| confstanding = 3rd
| postseason = NCAA 1st Round
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 2006
| name = BYU
| overall = 13–4–4
| conference = 5–1–1
| confstanding = 2nd
| postseason = NCAA 1st Round
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship = conference tournament
| season = 2007
| name = BYU
| overall = 17–4–2
| conference = 4–3–0
| confstanding = 3rd
| postseason = NCAA 1st Round
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship = confboth
| season = 2008
| name = BYU
| overall = 18–5–1
| conference = 7–0–0
| confstanding = 1st
| postseason = NCAA 2nd Round
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship = conference
| season = 2009
| name = BYU
| overall = 18–4–2
| conference = 6–0–1
| confstanding = 1st
| postseason = NCAA 2nd Round
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship = conference tournament
| season = 2010
| name = BYU
| overall = 16–3–3
| conference = 5–1–1
| confstanding = 2nd
| postseason = NCAA 1st Round
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Subhead|
|name=BYU
|startyear=2011
|conference=West Coast Conference
|endyear=2022
|}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 2011
| name = BYU
| overall = 11–5–3
| conference = 5–2–1
| confstanding = 4th
| postseason =
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship = conference
| season = 2012
| name = BYU
| overall = 20–2–2
| conference = 7–0–1
| confstanding = 1st
| postseason = NCAA Elite 8
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship = conference
| season = 2013
| name = BYU
| overall = 16–5–2
| conference = 8–1–0
| confstanding = T-1st
| postseason = NCAA 2nd Round
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship = conference
| season = 2014
| name = BYU
| overall = 13–5–3
| conference = 7–1–1
| confstanding = 1st
| postseason = NCAA 1st Round
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship = conference
| season = 2015
| name = BYU
| overall = 16–3–2
| conference = 7–1–1
| confstanding = 1st
| postseason = NCAA 2nd Round
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship = conference
| season = 2016
| name = BYU
| overall = 18–3–1
| conference = 7–1–1
| confstanding = 1st
| postseason = NCAA 3rd Round
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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 2017
| name = BYU
| overall = 7-8-4
| conference = 4-4-1
| confstanding = 4th
| postseason =
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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship = conference
| season = 2018
| name = BYU
| overall = 13-5-1
| conference = 8-1
| confstanding = 1st
| postseason = NCAA 1st Round
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship = conference
| season = 2019
| name = BYU
| overall = 21-0-1
| conference = 8-0-1
| confstanding = 1st
| postseason = NCAA Elite 8
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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 2020
| name = BYU
| overall = 11-4-1
| conference = 7-1-1
| confstanding = 2nd
| postseason = NCAA 2nd Round
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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship = conference
| season = 2021
| name = BYU
| overall = 17-4-3
| conference = 8-1-0
| confstanding = T-1st
| postseason = National Runner-Up
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{{CBB Yearly Record Subtotal
| name = BYU
| overall = 425–122–51 ({{Winning percentage|425|122|51}})
| confrecord = 158–29–15 ({{Winning percentage|158|29|15}})
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{{CBB Yearly Record End
|overall= 425–122–51 ({{Winning percentage|425|122|51}})
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