Hall of Fame

Head Coach Rodger Cromer

Rodger Cromer

  • Class
  • Induction
    1990
  • Sport(s)
    Golf
Cromer guided Miami to 11 MAC titles in 1970, 1974, 1981, 1984, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992 and 1996 during his career as Miami's golf coach. Eight times he was been voted the "Coach of the Year" in the MAC, including four consecutive years from 1987-90. He was selected the 19898 NCAA District 4 "Coach of the Year" and was among the eight finalists for the national honor.

Former Miami golfers Bob Lohr '83, Mark Brewer '87, and Mike Pero "89 were members of the PGA Tour. Lohr captured the Walt Disney World Open in 1988 and was 23rd on the PGA Tour money list. Both Brewer and Pero were members of the Canadian PGA Tour. Chris Roderick "70, a former head pro at the Olympic Club in San Francisco, was inducted into Miami's Athletic Hall of Fame in 1984.

A 1962 graduate of Ohio University, Cromer earned his master's degree from Miami in 1963. He was inducted into the Golf Coaches Hall of Fame in 1996.
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