HAVERFORD, Pa. – Ann Koger, the face of women's tennis at Haverford College for the past 35 seasons, has announced her retirement effective August 26.

Koger started coaching the team when it competed at the club level in 1981 and built the Fords into a program that won 359 matches during her 35 seasons as varsity head coach. Koger also coached the Fords' varsity volleyball program for its first 15 years before turning her full attention to women's tennis.  In addition to her coaching responsibilities, Koger served as an Associate Director of Athletics during her tenure.

"On behalf the entire athletic department, I would like to congratulate Ann on all of her accomplishments throughout her career and thank her for her dedication to Haverford and our women's tennis program," stated Haverford College Director of Athletics Wendy Smith '87.  "We wish her nothing but the best in retirement."

During her time leading the women's tennis program, Koger coached three conference singles champions, two conference doubles champions, and a host of players with conference, regional, and national rankings. The two most accomplished players who were mentored by Koger are 2014 Thomas Glasser '82 Hall of Achievement inductees, Patricia Dinella McMillan '86 and Amanda Figland '88. Both players represented Haverford at the NCAA Championships and earned multiple All-American honors during their respective careers.

Dinella and Figland were All-Americans in 1985 when Haverford hosted an NCAA team championship for the first time in school history. Koger, the First Vice President of the American Tennis Association, was the co-director of that championship tournament. Koger led the Fords to the Centennial Conference Tournament seven times from 2009-2016. That string was highlighted, in 2014, by the team's first-ever appearance in the Centennial Conference Championship with 2013 conference player of the year Caitlin Gallagher '15 leading the charge.

Prior to entering the Centennial Conference, Koger led the Fords to eight Philadelphia Association of Intercollegiate Athletics for Women (PAIAW) Championships in a nine-year period (1985-93) and one MAC Southeast Championship in 1991. She also won PAIAW and MAC Southeast Championships in volleyball during the fall of 1987.

Koger's devotion to tennis earned her a spot in the United States Tennis Association (USTA) Middle States Hall of Fame Class of 2010. Her most recent accolade came when she was named the 2016 Professional Tennis Registry (PTR) Coach of the Year. Koger was also selected as a member of the Black Tennis Hall of Fame Class of 2010 and was inducted into the Hall of Achievement at the Philadelphia Association of Black Sports and Culture, Inc.'s Annual Recognition Banquet.

Honored by many organizations throughout her career, Koger was named Coach of the Year for the USTA Philadelphia Region in 1991 and Pro Tennis Registry's Pennsylvania Coach of the Year in 1993. Koger received a national community service award from USTA/Volvo/ITA in 1989 and another from USTA for Division III in 1996. In addition, she was awarded the Montgomery Co. Links, Inc., Wilma Rudolph Award and the Philadelphia Congress of the National Political Congress of Black Women Shirley Chisholm Award in 1995. In 1992, Koger received the Stephen Cary Award winner for her commitment and dedication to women's athletics at Haverford.

A 2000 Presidential appointee to the USTA Executive Committee, Koger is a member in many other organizations, including AAHPERD, the Women's Sports Foundation, the Urban League of Philadelphia, the USTA/ Middle States Diversity and Inclusion Committee and the NCAA Division III Atlantic South Regional ranking committee.

A national search for coach Koger's replacement will begin immediately.