Yale

Charles Rodriguez, who helped lead Stanford to back-to-back NCAA Championships as an assistant coach, joined Kylie Stannard’s staff prior to the start of the 2019 season.
 
Rodriguez made an immediate impact at Yale, helping guide the Bulldogs to a memorable season in 2019. Yale finished with a 13-3-2 overall record. The 13 wins equaled the school record set in 1999. The Bulldogs also won their first Ivy League title since 2005 and matched the best league record set by the 1989 team before advancing to the NCAA Tournament for the first since 2005.

Prior to Yale, Rodriguez spent three seasons at Stanford. During his tenure, the Cardinal posted a 46-9-12 overall record and won national titles in 2016 and 2017.

His primary responsibility was working with Stanford’s back four. In each of the two national-title runs, the Cardinal did not allow a goal in the entire NCAA Tournament, and in his three seasons on staff, Stanford posted 42 shutouts.

Prior to Stanford, Rodriguez spent the three seasons on staff at Xavier. In 2015, the Musketeers won 12 games, rose to No. 10 in the national rankings and won on the road at both No. 1 Creighton and No. 2 Notre Dame. In 2014, Xavier experienced the most successful season in school history, breaking program records for wins (15), shutouts (11) and team goals against average (0.84). Rodriguez and the XU staff were recognized as the BIG EAST Coaching Staff of the Year and Xavier was among the final 16 teams remaining in the NCAA Tournament for the first time in program history.

Rodriguez, a 2012 graduate of UNC Charlotte, was also an accomplished player. As a senior at Charlotte in 2011, he was named a Soccer America First Team All-American, was a United Soccer Coaches First Team All-Mid-Atlantic Region selection and became the first defender in Charlotte history to earn United Soccer Coaches First Team All-America honors. He was also named to the 2011 NCAA College Cup All-Tournament Team while captaining the 49ers to the national final for the first time in school history.
 
The center back guided a Charlotte defense that had nine shutouts, limited 21 foes to a goal or less and only allowed four goals in six NCAA Tournament games in 2011. During Rodriguez’s four years, the 49ers tallied 30 shutouts.
 
Rodriguez was drafted in the third round of Major League Soccer's 2012 Supplemental Draft by D.C. United. He later moved on to the Wilmington Hammerheads of the USL Pro League. Following the 2012 season, Rodriguez returned to Charlotte to finish his degree in political science and criminal justice.

Rodriguez has a U.S. Soccer National A-Senior Coaching License.