 Mike Rocco |
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Title: Head Coach, Baseball
Phone: 617.868.9600 x2302
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The inaugural season of the Lesley University men's baseball
program will be coached by Michael Rocco who will spend the next
year recruiting and establishing a foundation for a program that
will be built from the ground up.
"I am privileged and honored that the Lesley Athletic Department
has chosen me to pilot its athletic program to a new level of
competition and notoriety with the addition of baseball to the
men's varsity sports," commented Rocco.
Rocco comes to Lesley after the spending the past two years at New
England Collegiate College (NECC) rival Daniel Webster College in
Nashua, New Hampshire. Rocco served as the Assistant Coach and
Recruiting Coordinator that went 4-6 in NECC conference games this
past season. Aside from his recruiting duties, he worked with the
hitters and infielders as well as numerous other game day
duties.
During the summer of 2008, Rocco was an assistant coach with the
Keene Swamp Bats of the New England Collegiate Baseball League.
There he coached top college players from around the country and
helped guide them to the Northern Division finals. Two players from
that Keene squad were recently selected in the 2009 First Year
Player Draft in the 3rd and 19th rounds, respectively.
Before coaching at Daniel Webster, Rocco was a standout at Bryant
University as the first baseman for the Bulldogs. A four-year
starter, he completed his career as the program leader in games
played (204), third in career hits (221) and was the career leader
in put outs. He currently holds the NCAA Division II career and
single season records for put outs.
As a freshman in 2004, Rocco helped to lead the Bulldogs their
first ever Division II College World Series appearance in
Montgomery, Alabama. That season saw Rocco garner Northeast 10
Conference Freshman of the Year honors. The following year in 2005,
Rocco was a member of the Bryant basketball team that reached the
NCAA Division II National Championship game.
The Tewksbury, Massachusetts native began his coaching career with
the Billerica American Legion program and also served a year on the
Lowell American Legion staff. He has also served as the Head Coach
of the cross country team at Daniel Webster where he guided the
Eagles to a NECC championship in 2008, culminating with a berth in
the NCAA Regionals and his being named NECC Coach of the Year.
Rocco also serves as a producer for WEEI Sports Radio in Boston
and he currently resides in South Boston.
