Women's Basketball

Roger Hodge will begin his first season as Tusculum women's basketball head coach in 2023-24.

Hodge became the 17th head coach in program history in April, 2023 after serving as head coach at West Virginia Tech for the past two seasons, following successful coaching stints at Armstrong Atlantic State, Lincoln Memorial and the College of Coastal Georgia. In 18 seasons as a college head women's basketball coach, Hodge has a 294-227 record.

The Hinton, West Virginia native guided WVU Tech to a 32-29 record in his two seasons, qualifying the Golden Bears for the River States Conference tournament both years. WVU Tech ranked 11th in NAIA in scoring at 78.6 points per game this season, and was fourth in three-point percentage at 37.5 percent. The Golden Bears also ranked 17th nationally in team grade-point average at 3.54.

Prior to WVU Tech, Hodge spent five seasons (2016-21) as head coach at the College of Coastal Georgia in Savannah, Georgia. He is the Mariners' all-time winningest coach with an 80-63 record, which included back-to-back 20-win seasons in 2018-19 and 2019-20. His 2019 Coastal Georgia squad improved 12 games from the previous season and was the Sun Conference runner-up, while the 2019-20 squad received votes in the NAIA national poll. Hodge coached 10 All-Conference Players and two WBCA All-Americans while at Coastal Georgia.

Hodge had a three-year run (2011-12 to 2013-14) as head coach at Lincoln Memorial University, leading the Railsplitters to their first winning season in seven years in his debut, and the most wins in 10 years in 2013-14 when LMU finished 16-11 overall and 15-7 in the SAC. Hodge was 44-38 in three seasons with the Railsplitters.

From 2000-01 to 2007-08, Hodge was head coach at Armstrong Atlantic State where he was the Pirates' winningest coach with a 138-97 overall record in eight seasons, including three 20-win seasons and six straight winning campaigns from 2002-03 through 2007-08. Prior to Hodge's arrival, the Pirates had just two 20-win seasons and no NCAA Tournament appearances, but during his tenure Armstrong Atlantic won the 2003 Peach Belt Conference championship, made two trips to the NCAA Tournament and had a Peach Belt-best four All-Americans along with six All-PBC selections.

Following the 2002-03 season, in which the Pirates finished with a 27-4 record, Hodge was named Coach of the Year by the Peach Belt Conference and the South Atlantic Region Coach of the Year by the Women's Basketball Coaches Association.

In addition to his head coaching career, Hodge spent two seasons (2008-09 and 2009-10) as assistant women's basketball coach at East Carolina University, and spent three seasons (1997-98 to 1999-00) as assistant women's basketball coach at Liberty University, giving him 23 seasons of college coaching experience entering the 2023-24 season.

Hodge also has coached scholastically, serving as head boys coach at Savannah Country Day School during the 2015-16 season and as an assistant coach at Hinton High School, Mercer Christian Academy and Summers County High School in West Virginia from 1987 to 1997.

During his high school career, Hodge was an All-Conference baseball player and was honorable mention All-State in football and basketball while at Hinton High School, where he was named to their football Hall of Fame. Hodge has been deeply involved in community service projects throughout his career, and is a member of the WBCA.

Hodge is a 1992 graduate of Concord University with a bachelor of arts degree, and earned a B.S. in education from Concord in 1997 and an M.S. degree in sport management from Georgia Southern in 2021.

Roger Hodge’s Year-by-Year Coaching Record
Year    School               W-L     Pct.
2000-01 Armstrong Atlantic  10-16    .385
2001-02 Armstrong Atlantic  11-18    .379
2002-03 Armstrong Atlantic  27-4     .871
2003-04 Armstrong Atlantic  23-8     .742
2004-05 Armstrong Atlantic  17-13    .567
2005-06 Armstrong Atlantic  15-13    .536
2006-07 Armstrong Atlantic  15-14    .517
2007-08 Armstrong Atlantic  20-11    .645
2011-12 Lincoln Memorial    14-12    .538
2012-13 Lincoln Memorial    14-15    .483
2013-14 Lincoln Memorial    16-11    .593
2016-17 Coastal Georgia      6-23    .207
2017-18 Coastal Georgia     18-11    .621
2018-19 Coastal Georgia     21-11    .656
2019-20 Coastal Georgia     22-7     .759
2020-21 Coastal Georgia     13-11    .542
2021-22 WVU Tech            16-16    .500
2022-23 WVU Tech            16-13    .552
Overall                    294-227   .564