Marcy Roff is entering her 5th season as the head coach for the Dana Vikings.  During her four year campaign, the Vikings have had an overall record of 136-78.  Last season the Vikings finished with a 37-22 record, good for a 3rd place finish.  Coach Roff was named GPAC Coach of the Year in 2006 and 2005.  She has also had the honor of coaching the Conference (2006 and 2007) and Regional (2006) Player of the Year – Josie Barrow, who also received All-American honors in 2006 and 2007.  Before beginning her coaching career, Roff pitched for Simpson College in Indianola, Iowa (1994 to 1997) and was a member of the 1997 Division III National Championship team.  She was the head coach for Knoxville high school, in Iowa, from 1998 to 2000 before moving on to duties as assistant coach and pitching coach for the Central College Dutch in Pella, Iowa.  She helped guide the Dutch to a Division III National title in 2003 and mentored two pitchers to All-American status, one of them being named DIII Player of the year and receiving the Female Athlete of the Year Honda Award.  Under Roff, the Central pitching staff accumulated a 118-20-1 record over the span of 3 seasons.  The Central coaching staff received the 2001 NFCA Speedline Regional Coaching Staff of the Year and in 2003 was named the Division III National Coaching Staff of the Year. Coach Roff has also served as a private pitching instructor for many young pitchers in the Central Iowa and Omaha/Blair area.  In addition to Roff’s coaching experience, she was a 1st Team All-State pitcher for Des Moines Lincoln High School and was involved in ASA softball for many years, where her teams reached the National tournament 3 times.

Tom Roff will serve his 5th year as an assistant coach for the Vikings.  He has compiled 13 years of softball coaching experience.  Tom was the student assistant coach for Simpson College in 1994, a team that qualified for playoffs and was ranked as high as 5th in the nation.  Roff then assisted at Pleasantville (IA) High School during the summer of 1995 on a team that won a school record 35 games.  In 1996, he took over the head coaching duties at Pleasantville and won 196 games in 8 seasons, including 2 Conference championships, 6 District championships, and a school-best 6th place finish at State in 2000.  In his last 4 seasons, he coached 3 teams to the Regional championships for a chance to reach the state tournament. His 2003 team was ranked as high as 2nd in Class 1A, which consists of over 200 schools.  Roff has coached nearly 50 players to all-conference, all-district, and all-state accolades and was himself named South Central Iowa 1A District Coach of the Year by the Iowa Girls Coaches Association in 2003.  In addition to softball, Roff has coached football, baseball, basketball, and volleyball.  His knowledge of softball, and sports in general, will be utilized to the extreme at Dana.

Sarah Graham begins her 4th year as an assistant coach for Dana College.  Coach Graham primarily works with the catching staff.  In addition to working with the Vikings, she is the head coach at Omaha North.  Graham began her coaching career in the Omaha Quakes fastpitch organization.  She led her 14 Red team to a Metro tournament championship and a 5th place finish at the AFA national tournament.  In her 3 seasons as a head coach in the Quakes organization, her teams won more than 100 games and qualified for a national tournament each year.  In 1999, Graham was named 1st Team All-American at Dana College as a designated player.  She played for Dana from 1998 to 2000.

Kevin Rasmussen enters his 2nd season with the Vikings.  Kevin also coaches the Blair Bolts, a highly regarded local ASA team.  He will be working with the team on all aspects of the game.

*The current Dana College Softball team will also be working with the camp participants.Questions?  Call Marcy Roff @ 402-426-7376 or email mroff@dana.edu