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Donnita Drain-Rogers

  • Class
  • Induction
    2021
  • Sport(s)
    Women's Basketball
Donnita Drain-Rogers served as head coach of the Langston University women's basketball program from 1995-2008 and established the Lady Lions as a national power in the NAIA. In her 13 years of coaching, Drain-Rogers had 10 straight years with a winning record at Langston which included six trips to the NAIA National Tournament and four Conference Championships. In total, she produced six All-Americans, four Conference Players of the Year, three Academic All-Americans and 43 All-Conference selections.  
 
A few highlights from her coaching career included her 2007-2008 team finished ranked sixth in the nation and leading the 2006-2007 team to the NAIA Elite Eight. Coach Drain-Rogers last two seasons at Langston went undefeated in conference with a record of 34-0 and finished her career with 242 career wins. She is the all-time winningest coach in Langston University Women's Basketball history. 
 
After leaving Langston, Drain-Rogers went to the Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) where she served as the head coach for Grambling State University and was awarded SWAC Coach of the Year in her second season. Coach Rogers was also the first female to coach boys 3A basketball in Caddo Parish, LA at Booker T. Washington High School. She returned to LU and has served as the Director of Athletics since Spring 2015. She is also a member of the Northwestern Oklahoma State University (NWOSU) Hall of Fame, the Orange and Blue Booster Club, serves on the Guthrie Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors and is a member of Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Incorporated, Chi Zeta Chapter.
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