Steve Roccaforte joined Joe Dooley's staff on July 23,2018 after four seasons as the associate head coach at Virginia Tech.
12 Facts About Steve Roccaforte
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Steve Roccaforte has served under national coaches of the year in John Calipari, Perry Clark and Billy Tubbs and helped develop multiple nationally ranked recruiting classes.
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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 University athletic director duties.
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Steve Roccaforte was named Southland Conference Coach of the Year by collegeinsider.
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Steve Roccaforte served as an assistant coach at several universities before joining Tubbs' staff at Lamar University in June 2003.
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Steve Roccaforte spent three years as an assistant coach at the University of Memphis before returning to Lamar.
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Steve Roccaforte helped the Tigers advance to the NIT final four in 2001, win the NIT championship in 2002 and advance to the NCAA Tournament in 2003 for the first time in seven years.
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Steve Roccaforte was an assistant coach at Centenary College for five seasons.
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Steve Roccaforte was listed as one of the top four assistant coaches ready to take over their own program according to Dan Wetzel of CBS Sportsline.
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Steve Roccaforte left South Florida when Buzz Williams took the head coaching job at Virginia Tech.
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Steve Roccaforte was brought onto the Hokies' staff for his recruiting abilities.
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On July 22,2018, Steve Roccaforte was hired to be assistant coach under Joe Dooley at East Carolina University.