Danny Rocco
Defensive Analyst at Virginia Tech since 2026.
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- Seasons coached
- 43
- First season
- 1984
- Teams
- 14
Career
16 stints
1980s
- 1984–1985Wake ForestGraduate Assistant
- 1986Wake ForestDefensive Line
- 1987ColoradoInside Linebackers
- 1988–1990TulsaOutside Linebackers
1990s
- 1991–1993Boston CollegeDefensive Line
- 1994–1996TexasOutside Linebackers
- 1997TexasSpecial Teams CoordinatorDefensive Ends
- 1998–1999MarylandOutside Linebackers
2000s
- 2000New York JetsSpecial Teams Coordinator
- 2001–2005VirginiaAssistant Head CoachLinebackers
- 2006–2011LibertyHead Coach
2010s
2020s
- 2022Penn StateDefensive Analyst
- 2023–2025VMIHead Coach
- 2026–presentVirginia TechDefensive Analyst
Coaching tree
7 mentors, 37 protégés, 6 branches — a branch is a protégé who went on to hold a head job.
MentorsProtégés
Became a head coachShowing up to 7 per row
Relationships
Coached under
53
- 2026James FranklinCoached under · Virginia Tech
- 2023Bryan StinespringMentored · VMI
- 2022James FranklinCoached under · Penn State
- 2021Manny RojasMentored · Delaware
- 2020–2021Bryan StinespringMentored · Delaware
- 2020Greg MeyerMentored · Delaware
- 2019Bill CubitMentored · Delaware
- 2019–2020Dave LeggMentored · Delaware
- 2019Gregory MeyerMentored · Delaware
- 2019–2020Holman CopelandMentored · Delaware
- 2019–2021Jared AmbroseMentored · Delaware
- 2018–2020Alex WoodMentored · Delaware
- 2018–2019Felicia BergmanMentored · Delaware
- 2018Greg MeyerMentored · Delaware
- 2018–2020Jalen KindleMentored · Delaware
38 more, most recent shown first.
Succeeded
14
- 2026Ashley IngramSucceeded by · VMI
- 2023Scott WachenheimSucceeded · VMI
- 2022Dan ConnorSucceeded by · Penn State
- 2017Dave BrockSucceeded · Delaware
- 2017Dennis Dottin-CarterSucceeded · Delaware
- 2017Mike BrownSucceeded · Delaware
- 2017Russ HuesmanSucceeded by · Richmond
- 2012Wayne LineburgSucceeded · Richmond
- 2006Ken KarcherSucceeded · Liberty
- 2006Steve BernsteinSucceeded by · Virginia
- 2001Mike WesthoffSucceeded by · New York Jets
- 2000Mike SweatmanSucceeded · New York Jets
- 1990Bob BabichSucceeded by · Tulsa
- 1985Bob LigasheskySucceeded by · Wake Forest
Tenure
43 seasons
- LibertyHead coach · 2006–20116
- DelawareHead coach · 2017–20215
- RichmondHead coach · 2012–20165
- VirginiaCoordinator · 2001–20055
- VMIHead coach · 2023–20253
- TexasPosition coach · 1994–19963
- Boston CollegePosition coach · 1991–19933
- TulsaPosition coach · 1988–19903
- MarylandPosition coach · 1998–19992
- Wake ForestAnalyst · 1984–19852
- Virginia TechAnalyst · 2026 · current1
- Penn StateAnalyst · 20221
- New York JetsCoordinator · 20001
- TexasCoordinator · 19971
- ColoradoPosition coach · 19871
- Wake ForestPosition coach · 19861
Pipeline
5 of 18 coordinators
- 4 seasonsJared Ambroseunder at Delaware 2019 · head coach at Albany2025
- 0 seasonsBryan Stinespringunder at VMI 2023 · head coach at Roanoke2023
- 2 seasonsBryan Stinespringunder at Delaware 2020 · head coach at Roanoke2023
- 1 seasonJohn Garrettunder at Richmond 2016 · head coach at Lafayette2017
- 1 seasonCharlie Fisherunder at Richmond 2014 · head coach at Western Illinois2016
- 7 seasonsScott Wachenheimunder at Liberty 2006 · head coach at VMI2015
Moves
Nothing on the wire for Danny Rocco. The wire carries moves published since the register went live; the career above is the record before that.