Mike Roters was appointed as the next University of Tulsa women's golf coach in July of 2024. A former golf professional, Roters has spent three seasons at South Carolina as an assistant coach on the women's golf team under Head Coach Kalen Anderson prior to coming to Tulsa.

Roters’ success continued during his second season at Tulsa, as he guided the Golden Hurricane to a second consecutive American Conference Championship. The title marked Tulsa’s first back-to-back conference championships since the 2004 and 2005 seasons and added to the program’s rich tradition of success, which now includes 15 conference championships across multiple conference affiliations. At the American Conference Championship, Tulsa placed three golfers inside the top 10, the most of any team in the field.

Under his leadership, the Golden Hurricane advanced to the program’s 22nd NCAA Regional appearance and recorded seven top-five finishes during the 2025-26 campaign. For his efforts, Roters was named the American Conference Coach of the Year for the second consecutive season. Tulsa also competed at a high level nationally; finishing tied for fifth at the NCAA Waco Regional alongside No. 16 Tennessee while defeating No. 8 Oregon during regional play.

Tulsa placed four student-athletes on the All-Conference Team, the most of any program in the league, as Samantha Olson, Jenni Roller, Romaine Masserey, and Allyn Stephens each earned postseason honors.

TU golfers have continued to show significant development under Roters’ guidance, particularly in the World Amateur Golf Rankings (WAGR). Olson entered Tulsa ranked No. 3204 and climbed to No. 112, while Roller improved from No. 1704 to No. 424. Masserey moved from No. 909 to No. 656, and Zoe Shamy climbed from No. 2024 to No. 1603.

In his first year at Tulsa, Roters successfully led the women’s golf team to its first American Athletic Conference Championship since 2021. The Golden Hurricane won the AAC Championship by an impressive 21 strokes, finishing the week with a score of 12 under par at 852. Under his leadership, Romaine Masserey achieved the Individual AAC Championship, marking the first time a Tulsa player has claimed this title in the program's history. Roters also guided the team to its 21st appearance in the NCAA Regional. For his efforts, he was named The American’s Coach of the Year. Additionally, Lovisa Gunnar, Romaine Masserey, Jenni Roller, and Sydney Seigel all received all-conference honors. During the regular season, he helped Roller achieve her first career victory as she shared the title of co-champion at the Veritex Bank Collegiate.

In his three seasons in Columbia, Roters made a substantial impact on the Gamecocks program, helping lead South Carolina to three NCAA Championship appearances and perennial top-five status in what has been one of the most successful eras in program history. In 2022-23, the Gamecocks advanced to match play for the first time since 2016. The team's 1,153 72-hole total set a new program record at the NCAA Championship, beating out the 2016 team by nine strokes. USC was one of two teams to have three players finish in the top 25 of stroke play in the competition.

This past season, Roters and the Gamecocks were once again among the best in the country, rising to as high as No. 2 on the polls as South Carolina made its fourth straight appearance in the NCAA Championship and third with Roters. USC recorded four wins on the season, which tied for second-most in program history. In addition, the team finished in the top-five in 11 of 12 tournaments. Juniors Louise Rydqvist and Hannah Darling earned consensus All-America honors from WGCA and GolfWeek.

Roters' first season at South Carolina was marked with immediate success as the Gamecocks won a program-record five times in eight events and competed in the NCAA Championship while featuring four new players. Darling and Rydqvist each earned All-America honors, giving South Carolina multiple freshman All-Americans for the first time in school history. Carolina also had a program-record four players earn All-SEC honors.

Prior to his tenure at South Carolina, Roters spent six seasons with the Iowa women's golf program. During his 2015-16 debut season, Roters helped the team record a 73.9 scoring average, an all-time low for Hawkeye women's golf. Roters guided senior Amy Ihm to a phenomenal season as she earned All-Big Ten Second Team honors and became the second Hawkeye to qualify individually for the NCAA Championship.

His coaching career began at the University of Idaho, where Roters served as an assistant coach. He helped the Vandals earn five All-Big Sky First Team honors and coached an individual NCAA Championship qualifier. In 2014, he coached Leilanie Kim, who was named the WAC Player of the Year and the individual champion in the conference.

Roters played collegiate baseball at Mt. Hood Community College where he served as the team captain and was a first team All-Conference Southern NWAAC award winner in 2002. He obtained his associates of science in 2002 and then went on to play at New Mexico State University from 2002-03. In 2014, he earned his bachelor's degree in general business studies at Lewis Clark State College.

He became a golf professional in 2007 and joined the Canadian Tour in 2009. He participated in many professional golf events, including the U.S. Open Sectional, Boise Open (Nationwide Event) in 2008, the PGA National Assistants Championship in 2012 and the Times Colonist (Canadian Tour Event) from 2008-2010. He won the Lilac Open in 2012.

He and his wife Jennifer have four sons: Gavin (21), Grant (14), Harvey (12) and Luke (7).

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