Danny Rocco is the head football coach at the Virginia Military Institute, a position he has held since the 2023 season.
17 Facts About Danny Rocco
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Danny Rocco served as the head football coach at Liberty University from 2006 to 2011, the University of Richmond from 2012 to 2015, and the University of Delaware from 2017 to 2021.
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Danny Rocco was assistant coach for the New York Jets of the National Football League in 2000.
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Danny Rocco played college football as a linebacker, first at Pennsylvania State University before transferring to Wake Forest University.
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Danny Rocco played linebacker for Joe Paterno at Pennsylvania State University, earning letters in 1979 and 1980.
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Danny Rocco played in the 1979 Liberty Bowl and the 1980 Fiesta Bowl for the Nittany Lions.
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Danny Rocco transferred to Wake Forest University, where he started for two seasons at outside linebacker under head coach Al Groh, in 1982 and 1983.
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Danny Rocco was named captain of the 1983 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football team.
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Danny Rocco earned his bachelor's degree in speech communication from Wake Forest University in 1984.
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Danny Rocco added an education and counseling master's degree from Wake Forest in 1987.
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Danny Rocco began his coaching career as a graduate assistant then defensive line coach at Wake Forest, from 1984 to 1986.
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Danny Rocco was named the head coach of the Flames on December 2,2005, succeeding Ken Karcher.
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Danny Rocco was named Big South Coach of the Year for the third straight season.
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In 2009, Danny Rocco stretched the Flames' Big South winning streak to a conference-record 15 games before falling in the season finale at Stony Brook.
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In January 2010, Danny Rocco signed a two-year contract extension through the 2014 season.
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On December 6,2011, Danny Rocco was named head coach at the University of Richmond.
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On December 13,2016, Danny Rocco was named head coach at the University of Delaware.