Alabama State University Athletics

One of the most prolific scorers in the history of the Southwestern Athletic Conference, Steve Rogers again looks to put his imprint on the Alabama State University men’s basketball team.
 
Since 2005, Rogers has served as an assistant basketball coach for the Hornets, helping guide the squad to back-to-back regular season SWAC championships in 2008 and 2009 and a SWAC Tournament title in 2009 and 2011.  He has helped lead ASU to the 2008 NIT and the 2009 and 2011 NCAA Tournament.  In 2014 he helped the Hornets to a 19-13 overall record and the program’s first invitation to the CollegeInsider.com (CIT) post season tournament.
 
After earning First-Team All-State honors as a senior at Montgomery’s Sidney Lanier High, Rogers spent one season at Middle Tennessee State before returning to his hometown to play for the Hornets. In his three years at ASU, he was one of the best players to put on a Hornet uniform earning SWAC Player of the Year honors twice.
 
Rogers was a First-Team All-SWAC choice in each of his three seasons, earning Newcomer of the Year honors as a sophomore and SWAC Player of the Year and All-American honors as a junior and senior (1991 and 1992).  He finished his collegiate career with 2,471 points, making him the No. 3 scorer in ASU history one spot ahead of current head coach Lewis Jackson. In 1992, he was a second-round selection by the NBA’s New Jersey Nets.
 
Rogers played professional basketball internationally, spending 10 years in leagues in Greece, Argentina, Turkey and France. He returned to Alabama State in 2003, serving as the director of Football Operations during the 2003-04 seasons. In both seasons, the Hornets won the SWAC Eastern Division title, and in 2004 ASU won the SWAC Title.
 
Rogers has a degree in physical education from ASU and is a member of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity Inc. He is the father of three children: Steven, who is a freshman on the ASU team, Austin and Erin.