Roger Petrin

Roger Petrin served as the UMES bowling coach from 2021 until 2024.

Petrin came to UMES before the 2021-22 season from NCAA Division II Kentucky Wesleyan where he officially began his college coaching career in 2020 after spending several years in other aspects of the industry.

In his first season, the Hawks finished the year with a 73-50 overall record (11-5 MEAC) despite being hired too late to recruit for the upcoming season and having lost two key members of the squad to transfer before his arrival. UMES were eliminated in a Megamatch by Delaware State in the semifinals of the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference Championship, following a loss to North Carolina A&T State the day before. The Hawks finished the year ranked 16th in the final National Tenpin Coaches Association Poll of the year.

At Kentucky Wesleyan, Petrin, led the Panthers women to a 10^th-place finish at the United States Bowling Congress Intercollegiate Team Championship Sectional qualifier and a No. 10 ranking in the NTCA DII/DIII poll and No. 23 in the poll for all divisions — both the program's highest ever rankings.

As a professional bowler who bowled regularly on the tour from 2013-15, Petrin won three regional titles, advanced to match play at three national tour stops and was the PBA South Rookie of the Year in 2014.

He played the long game when it came to a career in coaching first fulfilling his professional bowling aspirations and working other jobs, while his wife Tamara pursued her Master's degree in Social Work.

While living in Wichita, Kansas, he stayed active in the sport while serving as an assistant coach for Kapuan Mt. Carmel High School from 2013-15 and Derby High School in 2019-20. Petrin holds a USBC Bronze coaching certification as well as certifications from The National Center for Safety Initiative and The United States Center for SafeSport.

He arrived at Wesleyan after a two-year run with the United States Bowling Congress serving as Regional Manager for the Association. He was responsible for cultivating and stewarding over 500 association charters in the Midwest and provided the membership with educational seminars over that same time. He was also at one time a Youth Development Specialist with USBC based out of the International Bowling Campus in Arlington, Texas.

As a bowler for the USBC powerhouse Shockers program, his teams finish second (2012) and third (2011) at the USBC Championships. He was on the development squad when the team captured championships in 2009-10. One of Petrin's Wichita teammates, current PBA bowler Nathan Bohr, is married to the Hawks most decorated bowler — three-time national champion, four-time All-American, MEAC Hall of Famer, Hawks Hall of Famer and current PWBA member Maria Rodriguez (Ibague Tolima, Colombia).

Roger’s wife Tamara was a college bowler herself at both Pikeville University and Wichita where she was a member of the Shockers development team, she was a volunteer assistant at Wesleyan and is a licensed Master Social Worker. Her time at Wichita coincided with that of former Hawk Tatiana Munoz (Ibague Tolima, Colombia) who was a classmate of hers.

Tamara was a volunteer assistant at Wesleyan and during Roger’s first season at UMES and she is a licensed Master Social Worker.