Beck Roghaar - Director of Tennis and Women's Head Coach - Staff Directory

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Beck Roghaar

Title:
Director of Tennis and Women's Head Coach
Email:
Phone:
208-631-2842

HONORS / AWARDS

2011 - Western Athletic Conference Coach of the Year
2018 - Mountain West Conference Coach of the Year
2025 - Mountain West Conference Coach of the Year
2025 - ITA Mountain Region Head Coach of the Year

BOISE STATE TENURE (2010-Present)

Roghaar, a three-time conference coach of the year, enters his 16th season at the helm of the Boise State women's tennis program. In addition, he serves as the director of tennis at Boise State overseeing both the men's and women's programs. Roghaar has guided the women's team to ten winning seasons and a 176-139 career record, good for the second-most victories in program history. His teams have also been known for excellence in the classroom and in the community, being named an ITA All-Academic Team in 12 of his 13 seasons, and earning six ITA Community Awards.

BOISE STATE ACCOMPLISHMENTS

Throughout Roghaar’s 15 seasons with the Broncos, his accomplishments include: ten winning seasons, one Mountain West tournament championship, one regular-season conference title and one divisional championship, one conference tournament runner-up finish, one MW Tournament MVP, 11 perfect APR scores of 1000, five 100% graduation success rates, 54 all-conference honors, 83 academic all-conference honorees and 72 ITA all-academic athletes, as well as 76 conference scholars. In addition, Roghaar has been named the conference coach of the year three times - the 2011 WAC Coach of the Year and 2018 and 2025 MW Coach of the Year.

SEASON HIGHLIGHTS

Roghaar wasted no time in putting his stamp on the program as he coached his first team to a 17-8 overall and 5-1 record in the Western Athletic Conference (WAC) on its way to the 2011 regular-season championship. The 17 wins broke the program record for most wins by a first-year head coach. Following the Broncos' outstanding regular season, Roghaar was named 2011 WAC Coach of the Year. Boise State fell just short of reaching the NCAA tournament, as the Broncos dropped a 4-3 heartbreaker to Fresno State in the WAC tournament championship match.

The next two seasons saw the move into the Mountain West where the Broncos finished their inaugural campaign 2-5 in conference and 8-12 overall. Roghaar's second swing through the league saw improvement as Boise State finished 13-10 overall, six of the losses came against nationally ranked opponents, and 4-4 in league play which placed the team fifth in the nine-team standings.

In 2016 he coached his team to a 13-9 overall record. That was followed by his 2017-18 squad going 14-8 overall and 5-1 in MW play on its way to winning the Mountain West Mountain Division regular season title. Freshman Wilhelmina Palmer was named All-Mountain West in singles and Co-Mountain West Freshman of the Year. Anja Dokic also earned All-Mountain West honors in singles, as well as in doubles with partner Wiktoria Nosek.

In 2018-19, Roghaar became the second coach in program history to eclipse 100 career wins after his team took down Idaho State 6-1 on Jan. 19, 2019. The team finished 7-12 overall during the campaign and were led by Wilhelmina Palmer and Lilian Poling who both earned All-Mountain West honors in singles and doubles.

The 2019-20 campaign ended abruptly because of the coronavirus pandemic. The team finished the shortened season at 9-3 overall. Postseason honors went out to Lilian Poling and Joana Baptista who received All-MW accolades in singles, while Poling and Holly Stewart collected All-MW recognition in doubles.

Boise State finished 2021 with a 12-6 overall mark and a 6-4 conference record to place fifth in the league standings. Joana Baptista earned All-MW honors in both singles and doubles, while Pauline Ernstberger earn postseason all-conference accolades for singles and Shauna Heffernan was recognize for her doubles play.

Roghaar took Boise State tennis to a new height of success under the Mountain West Conference during the 2022-23 season. After a 7-3 start to the season through the months of January and February, the Broncos defeated UNLV for the first time in program history during the second weekend of MW play. Two-straight victories to close out the season - including a 4-3 victory over 72nd-ranked Fresno State - positioned Boise State as the sixth seed entering the MW Championships. The Broncos handled business in the opening round as the swept Utah State before winning a thrilling 4-3 contest against No. 55 San Diego State in the quarterfinal to reach the semifinal round of the MW conference tournament for the first time in program history. There Boise State met 59th-ranked UNLV in a match that saw the Broncos beaten by the eventual conference champion 4-1, ending the season with a 13-11 record.

Roghaar began the 2023-24 season bringing in two new assistant coaches, Errol Smith and Megan LaLone. The team finished the year 8-13 overall, 4-6 in Mountain West play, and fell in the opening round of the MW Tournament. Nicole Discenza was named to the MW All-Conference and All-MW Tournament team while Pauline Ernstberger and Lorelyz Maruffo also earned all-conference honors.

The 2024-25 season marked a milestone for the program, featuring its first Mountain West Conference Tournament Championship and a 20-6 record. It was the program’s seventh 20-win season and the first since 2010. Roghaar earned his third conference coach of the year honor and became just the second head coach in Boise State history to receive an ITA Region Coach of the Year award. The team also qualified for the NCAA Tournament, where it defeated No. 22 Baylor 4-3 in the first round. The victory was Boise State’s first NCAA Tournament win since 2010 and its highest-ranked win since beating No. 21 Iowa that same year.

PRIOR EXPERIENCE

Prior to taking over the Bronco women's program Roghaar had returned to Boise State in the spring of 2010 as an assistant men's coach. Despite returning at the semester, Roghaar hit the ground running. He helped men's head coach Greg Patton lead the Broncos to the NCAA Championship Tournament behind a 19-12 overall record. Boise State finished the season with nine wins over nationally ranked opponents and a 4-2 record in WAC competition.

Roghaar began his collegiate coaching career at UNLV in 2007. He made an immediate impact at UNLV, as the Rebels won their first-ever Mountain West Conference Tournament championship in his first season with the team.

In between his collegiate career and his time at UNLV, Roghaar worked as the tennis director at the UC Santa Barbara Family Vacation Center in Santa Barbara, Calif., from 2006-2007. During that time, he was also the teaching pro at the Knollwood Tennis Club in Santa Barbara.

PERSONAL

Roghaar graduated from Boise State in December of 2005 with a bachelor's degree in marketing. He went on to earn his master's in new venture management at UNLV, graduating in December of 2009. Beck is married to Laura Mei Roghaar, they have two children a daughter, Esther, and son, Ogden “Oggy”.

As a student-athlete, Roghaar was a team captain at Boise State from 2003-05. He helped lead the Broncos to WAC Championships in 2003 and 2005, as well as ITA Region VII team titles in 2003 and 2004. For his efforts on the court, Roghaar was voted by his teammates as Boise State Men's Tennis Most Inspirational Player of the Year twice (2004 and 2005).

Roghaar concluded his career at Boise State with a 52-35 singles record, which included going 24-10 as a senior. He also compiled an 18-6 dual match record in the spring of his senior season.

Roghaar excelled in the classroom at Boise State as well, becoming a three-time ITA Scholar-Athlete 2003-05 and a four-time WAC Scholar-Athlete from 2001-05. He was named to the WAC All-Academic Team in 2004 and 2005. Roghaar also earned the prestigious Arthur Ashe Leadership Award and was president of Boise State's Student Athlete Advisory Council.

As a high school student-athlete, Roghaar played his way to the No. 1 ranking in the ITA's Intermountain Section for U18's in junior tennis, and was the No. 1 ranked player in Utah in both U16's and U18's. Roghaar also competed in the Junior Davis Cup.