About the Yard Doctor
All the Dirt on Briggs & Stratton's Yard Doctor, Trey Rogers, Ph.D.
John (Trey) Rogers, Ph.D., is a professor of turfgrass science at Michigan State University, East Lansing, Mich. He is regarded as one of the country's leading experts on growing and maintaining healthy lawns.
A consultant to Briggs & Stratton, one of the world's leading manufacturers of engines for outdoor power equipment, Dr. Rogers is a frequent guest on television and radio programs around the nation and has been quoted in numerous print publications.
A member of the Michigan State faculty since 1988, Dr. Rogers' expertise and experience have been foundational to the training of the best golf course, baseball, and football field groundskeepers in the country. He also has led essential research in the improvement of athletic fields and golf courses around the world. His research has been so successful that it even includes two patents.
Dr. Rogers' interest in lawn care began early, while he was working as a golf course groundskeeper during his teens in his hometown of Fort Smith, Ark. He cultivated this initial interest by earning degrees in agronomy from the University of Arkansas and a doctorate in agronomy from Penn State University in 1988.
Dr. Rogers earned the nicknames "Sultan of Sod" and "God of Grass," when he led a research team that helped perfect indoor grass growth for the 1994 World Cup soccer competition at the Pontiac Silverdome.
Although Dr. Rogers is called on to share his expertise with golf courses and athletic facilities throughout the world, he enjoys sharing new lawn care advice with homeowners. Nothing brings him satisfaction like the sight of a healthy lawn that is well maintained.