Pat Rohla

Head Coach

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Phone1: 604 513-2126

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Education: SFU '79

In his inaugural season as the head coach of the No. 5 Trinity Western University men’s soccer team Pat Rohla enters the CIS championship with an overall record of 8-2-4 in conference play and 8-10-4 overall, with an impressive 5-0-2 record at home.  Rohla, who is no stranger to coaching in championship matches, looks to guide the CIS championship host Spartans to their first ever CIS title.

Rohla, who spent the last two seasons as assistant coach on the Spartans championship women’s soccer team, has taken over a Spartans men’s club that has qualified for the CIS championships in each of their last four season and are now in their fifth straight as host of the 2009 championship.

Rohla who is a native of Langley, B.C. has an extensive 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 was an assistant coach with the Vancouver Whitecaps women from 2001 to 2003 where he was part of Vancouver’s USL championship team in 2003. He was promoted to the head coaching position in 2004 where he led the Whitecaps to the USL championship final.

From 1998-2002, the BCSA “C” License certified coach and Level 1 and Level 2 instructor, 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.
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For 14 years, 1985-1999, Rohla led the Langley Secondary School girls team to seven consecutive BC Provincial championship appearances. During this time he also led the LSS boy’s team to two Provincial appearances and the Fraser Valley Championship in 1998.

In addition in 2006  Rohla coached the Langley United Youth boys team to a BC Provincial Championship of note are three current Spartans, Daniel Loewen, James Farenhorst and Mitchell Rohla who were members of the 2006 team.

Rohla has also coached several senior men’s teams over the years; from the Fraser Valley premier league to PCSL men’s teams. He was also a Provincial team coach in 1999-2000.