There will be a change of leadership for Purdue soccer for the 2024 season. Drew Roff, head coach for the last nine years at Purdue, is out after Purdue went just 3-13-2 this past season.
Roff was 62-78-21 in nine seasons at Purdue, with the highlight coming in 2021. That year Sarah Griffith was named Big Ten Player of the Year with a program record 16 goals as Purdue finished second in the Big Ten and made the NCAA Tournament for the first time in over a decade. Purdue beat Loyola-Chicago in double overtime in round one, but fell at Notre Dame on penalty kicks in rounds two.
Purdue finished 15-4-2 that year and went 8-2-0 in Big Ten play, but it has not won a Big Ten match since. The last two seasons Purdue is a combined 6-24-5 overall and it is 0-15-5 in conference play.
The athletic department said that a nationwide search would begin for a new coach. Robert Klatte was the inaugural coach for Purdue from 1998-2014 before Roff.