Preseason Q&A with Head Coach Jeff Roope

Head Coach Jeff Roope and the Rockets open their season at the Visit Knoxville Collegiate.Rockets open season this weekend in Tennessee at Visit Knoxville Collegiate

Head Coach Jeff Roope is entering his ninth season as the leader of the Toledo men's golf program and has coached a UT golfer to a spot on the All-MAC First Team in each of the last six years. The Rockets begin their season this weekend at Tennessee's Visit Knoxville Collegiate.

Can you talk about the competition to make the lineup each tournament and its impact on the team?

JEFF ROOPE: What I sell to recruits long before they ever get here and put on the Rocket uniform is the idea that I want nine guys who I can pick out of a hat…