Pat RohlaHead CoachEmail: Pat.Rohla@twu.ca Phone1: 604 513-2126 Company: 1 Education: SFU '79 This year, Pat Rohla enters his third season as the Spartans men’s soccer coach.
When Rohla took over as the Spartans coach, the mens’ soccer team had qualified for the CIS National Championship four years in a row, so expectations were reasonably high for the new side line boss.
In Rohla’s first year, the Spartans put together an 8-2-4 record in conference play, with a 5-0-2 record at home and were on top of the Canada West table until the last week of the season.
In the playoffs, Rohla’s side suffered a tough 3-1 loss to UBC in the Canada West bronze medal game but, as the host of the CIS National Championship, still qualified for the season ending tournament, where Rohla managed to lead the Spartans to a bronze medal with a 2-1 shoot-out victory over Toronto.
Last year, the men’s soccer team took a bit of a step backward as they missed the playoffs for the first time since 2002 and missed out on the national championship for the first time in six years.
Rohla comes into 2011-12 with a Canada West regular season record 13-7-8 and a record of 2-3-0.
This past summer Rohla coached Langley Athletics FC in the USL’s Super 20 League. His team finished with a record of 5-2-2 in the Northwest division.
Before taking the men’s soccer reins, Rohla spent the previous two seasons as the assistant coach for the Spartans women’s soccer team, where he helped lead TWU to a national championship in 2008.
Rohla, who is a native of Langley, BC, has 20-year background in coaching soccer. He was the head coach of the TWU women’s soccer program from 1996-1999 where he earned BCCAA Coach of the Year honours in 1999. He also coached with the Vancouver Whitecaps women from 2001 to 2007 where he was part of Vancouver’s USL championship team in 2004 and 2006.
From 1998-2002, as a BCSA “C” License certified coach and Level 1 and Level 2 instructor, Rohla led the Langley Ice Girls Metro team to four consecutive provincial championship appearances, two Nike provincial championships, two CSA national championship appearances, two Coastal Cup Championships and Coastal Cup Team of the Year in 2001.
From 1985 to 1999, Rohla coached the Langley Secondary School girls’ soccer team and, at one point, led them to seven consecutive BC provincial championship appearances. During this time he also led the LSS boys’ team to the Fraser Valley Championship in 1998 and two provincial championship appearances.
In addition, in 2006, Rohla coached the Langley United Youth boys’ team to a BC provincial championship, which was a team that included four current Spartans: Daniel Loewen, James Farenhorst and Mitchell Rohla.
Rohla has also coached several senior men’s teams over the years, from teams in the Fraser Valley Premier League to PCSL men’s teams. | |
