Steve Roccaforte
| Steve Roccaforte | |
|---|---|
| Sport(s) | Men's Basketball |
| Current position | |
| Title | Assistant coach |
| Team | Virginia Tech |
| Biographical details | |
| Born | May 21, 1965 |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1987–1989 1989–1994 1994–1998 1998–2000 2000–2003 2003–2006 2006–2011 2011–2014 2014-Present |
Lamar (asst.) Centenary (asst.) Tulane (asst.) Wyoming (asst.) Memphis (asst.) Lamar (asst.) Lamar South Florida (asst.) Virginia Tech(asst.) |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 76-78 (.494) |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
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Championships
2007-2008 Southland Conference Regular Season Champion (Tied)[1] | |
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Awards
2008 Southland Conference Coach of the Year (shared)[2] | |
Steve Roccaforte is currently an assistant coach at Virginia Tech joining Buzz Williams' men's basketball staff on July 9, 2014.
Coaching career
Roccaforte served as an assistant coach at several universities before joining Billy Tubbs' staff at Lamar University in June, 2003. Previous assistant coaching assignments included Lamar, Centenary, Tulane, Wyoming, and Memphis.
On March 21, 2006, Steve Roccaforte was named Lamar Cardinals head coach following Billy Tubbs' decision to drop his head coaching duties and devote full time to his Lamar athletic director duties.[3][4] During the Roccaforte years (2006–2011), Lamar had erratic success. The Cardinals had wins over major programs including Texas Tech and BYU. In the 2007-2008 season, coach Roc took the Cardinals to the East Division Championship and a share of the Southland Conference regular season title with a 19 win season. He was named Southland Conference Coach of the Year by collegeinsider.com along with Danny Kaspar. However, after the 2007-2008 season, the Cardinals failed to reach the conference tournament Roccaforte's remaining three seasons at Lamar.
Coach Roc's tenure at Lamar was marked by some successes and very highly ranked recruiting classes.[5] As proof of coach Roccaforte's eye for talent, Mike James a coach Roccaforte recruit, scored 52 points in 28 minutes in a 114-62 win over Louisiana College. James's performance was the top single-game scoring performance of the 2011 NCAA basketball season.
| Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
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| Lamar Cardinals (Southland) (2006–2011) | |||||||||
| 2006-2007 | Lamar | 15-17 | 8-8 | 3rdEastT | |||||
| 2007-2008 | Lamar | 19-11 | 8-2 | 1st T | |||||
| 2008-2009 | Lamar | 15-15 | 6-10 | 9th | |||||
| 2009-2010 | Lamar | 14-18 | 5-11 | 9th T | |||||
| 2010-2011 | Lamar | 13-17 | 7-9 | 9th T | |||||
| Lamar: | 76-78 (.494) | 39-41 | |||||||
| Total: | 76-78 (.494) | ||||||||
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National champion
Postseason invitational champion
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Source:[6]
Following Roccaforte's departure from Lamar, he joined Stan Heath's South Florida Bulls staff as an assistant basketball coach, a position he held for three years.[7] Roccaforte left South Florida when Buzz Williams took the head coaching at Virginia Tech. Roccaforte was brought onto the Hokies' staff for his recruiting abilities.[8]
References
- ↑ "2014-15 Southland Conference Men's Basketball Media Guide". Southland Conference. p. 88. Retrieved November 11, 2014.
- ↑ "Alexander Earns Second All-America Honor". CBS College Sports. March 31, 2008. Retrieved November 11, 2014.
SFA head coach Danny Kaspar earned CollegeInsider.com SLC Coach of the Year billing, sharing the honor with Steve Roccaforte, head coach of co-champion Lamar
- ↑ "Steve Roccaforte Elevated to Men's Basketball Coach". Lamar University Athletics. March 21, 2006. Retrieved November 11, 2014.
Steve Roccaforte, who has served the last three seasons on Billy Tubbs' coaching staff and was the program's recruiting coordinator, has been elevated to head basketball coach at Lamar University, Tubbs announced in a Tuesday press conference.
- ↑ "Billy Tubbs Steps Down as Lamar's Basketball Coach, Remains as Director of Athletic". CBS College Sports. March 20, 2006. Retrieved November 8, 2014.
This will allow me to get back to doing the job (athletics director) I came back to Lamar to do in the first place.
- ↑ David Henry (2010-06-18). "LU hoops announces highly ranked recruiting class". Beaumont Enterprise. Retrieved 2011-03-28.
- ↑ "Lamar Basketball 2012-2013 Info Guide". Lamar Athletics. p. 108. Retrieved 22 October 2014.
- ↑ "University of South Florida hires former LU basketball coach Steve Roccaforte". WorldNow and KCEN. June 3, 2011. Retrieved November 11, 2014.
On June 3, University of South Florida head coach Stan Heath announced the hiring of former Lamar University head coach Steve Roccaforte to the position of assistant coach with the men's basketball program.
- ↑ "Hokies announce men's basketball staff". hokiesports.com. July 9, 2014. Retrieved November 11, 2014.
Steve Roccaforte enters his first year as an assistant coach at Virginia Tech following three years as an assistant coach at South Florida. Roccaforte, known nationally as a tireless recruiter and enthusiastic floor coach, has already benefitted the Hokies greatly.
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