After a season as an assistant strength and conditioning coach, Ian Rogers was promoted to the Director of Olympic Sports in August 2026.
He works as the main strength and conditioning coach for women’s soccer, as well as men's and women's basketball.
Rogers leads training programs for those sports, including program design, testing, and performance monitoring, as well as coordinating closely with athletic trainers and sport coaches to optimize readiness and reduce injury risk.
As a graduate assistant at NSU between July 2024-July 2025, he assisted with the football team and led the strength and conditioning for the Lady Demons tennis team that won a share of the Southland Conference championship.
Prior to his time in Natchitoches, he spent five months as an intern with the strength and conditioning program at the University of Tennessee as well as interned at the Sports Performance Lab, enrolling NJ Titan hockey players in the sports performance lab program.
Rogers graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Misericordia University in Dallas, Penn., where made the dean’s list in four semesters.
He is earned a master’s in health and human performance at NSU, graduating in December 2025.
