Savannah Country Day School announced Friday afternoon the hiring of Roger Hodge as the school’s new Varsity Boys’ Basketball Coach. 

Most recently, Hodge was the Head Women’s basketball coach at Lincoln Memorial University (LMU) in Tennessee, where he successfully rebuilt the team during his three year tenure. Despite inheriting a team that returned only three players from the previous season's 10-16 squad, Hodge guided Lincoln Memorial to a 14-13 mark in his debut, the first winning season since 2004-05. Hodge finished with a 44-39 record in three seasons with LMU, making three-consecutive appearances in the Food Lion SAC Championship while coaching four All-SAC selections and one All-American. 

“Coach Hodge is a man of integrity and character. He has the reputation of treating athletes with respect while pushing them to be the best they can be,” said SCDS Athletic Director Lamar Kirkley. “We are fortunate to have a proven college coach to lead our program at Country Day.” 

Prior to his time at LMU, Hodge was assistant women’s coach at NCAA Division 1 East Carolina University in Greenville from 2008-2010. The 2010 season was a school record for victories and secured the team their first postseason victory. 

Prior to moving to East Carolina University as an assistant coach, Hodge served as head coach at Armstrong State University from 2000-2008. Throughout his tenure at AASU, his teams achieved six winning seasons, including three 20-win campaigns, one Peach Belt Conference regular season championship, one Peach Belt Conference Tournament title, two NCAA Tournament appearances, one Peach Belt Conference Coach of the Year award and one NCAA South Atlantic Region Coach of the Year honor. 

Prior to his collegiate coaching career at Armstrong Atlantic, Hodge was Assistant Coach at NCAA Division I Liberty University from 1997-2000 where his teams won three Big South Conference regular season titles, three Big South Conference Tournament championships and made in one NCAA Division I tournament appearance.

Coach Hodge began his coaching career on the high school level in West Virginia where he served as assistant women's basketball coach at Summers County High School in 1997 while taking his team to the Class AA final four, Mercer Christian Academy in 1996 where he helped his team become West Virginia Class A State Champions and Hinton High School where his teams captured West Virginia Class AA state titles in 1988, 1992 and 1994, and were West Virginia Class AA State-Runners-up in 1989 and competed in the Class AA final four in 1991, 1992, 1993 and 1997.

“I am very thankful to have the opportunity to teach and coach at Savannah Country Day School.  To be part of an institution with such an outstanding reputation is a great honor,” stated Coach Hodge.  “I want to thank Head of School Kef Wilson, Athletic Director Lamar Kirkley and everyone involved with the selection process for entrusting me with the leadership of the Boys’ Hornet Basketball.  During the process, I was tremendously impressed with the professionalism and courtesy of everyone I met and can see why Savannah Country Day is such a special place.  It is also exciting to see the commitment of the school to the success of athletics as well as to academic prowess.  I look forward to beginning the work of building the Boys’ Hornet Basketball into a championship level program!”

Coach Hodge brings to the Country Day program a wealth of coaching experience that consists of a 295-178 overall record as both an assistant and a head coach, includes five NCAA tournament teams, four conference championship teams, and four conference regular season championship teams. In addition, he has served as an assistant coach on four high school state championship teams.