Everett Roper was named head softball coach at Saginaw ValleyState in August 2007. In 2009, Roper guided his team to a39-11 overall record with an 18-4 mark in the GLIAC. TheCardinals claimed their second-straight GLIAC Championship,eventually falling in the NCAA Division II Super-Regionals to theUniversity of Indianapolis in the third game of their series, aseries in which SVSU hosted.
In 2008, he coached the team to a 34-17 record, earningthe program's first GLIAC championship since 1990, and theirfirst berth into the NCAA Division II tournament since 2000.
Roper had been the head softball coach at Thomas More Collegesince March 1997, which was the first year of the program at thevarsity level competing in Division III.
Roper built the softball program into a regional power, as theSaints won the Presidents’ Athletic Conference Championshipin 2007. In addition, Roper’s teams advanced to the NCAAtournament in three of the last four seasons at Thomas More. Theteam posted program records with 39 wins and a .780 winningpercentage in his final season.
In 2006, Roper was named Presidents’ Athletic Conference"Coach of the Year" after leading the Saints to the PAC regularseason championship. Thomas More fell in the PAC championship gamein the program’s first season in the conference. Off thefield, Roper’s athletes graduated at a 95 percent rate, whichincluded 12 Academic All-Americans.
He graduated from Thomas More College in 1996, with a Bachelorof Arts degree in Communication. Roper also played football for theSaints and holds the single-game sack record at his alma mater. Hewas elected into the Thomas More Hall of Fame in 2002.
Roper resides in Thomas Township with his wife Anne and theirtwo children, Maya (7) and Micah (4).
