Meet Coach Roc
Coach Roc - Background and Basketball Pedigree
With a lifelong passion for basketball shaped by his father’s coaching legacy at Bishop McDevitt High School in Pennsylvania, he built his foundation as a four-year high school letter winner and team captain, later continuing as a four-year NCAA college basketball letter winner and captain during both his junior and senior years.
From 2013 to 2023, he dedicated a decade to coaching at Santa Margarita Catholic High School (Orange County CA), in the nationally heralded Trinity League, where he also served as SM's Director of Basketball Operations for six years.
In addition to his coaching and leadership roles, Coach Roc supported student-athletes academically as a short term and contract substitute teacher, further strengthening his commitment to developing young players both on and off the court.
Mariano Rocco DeFilippo, Sr.
Long-Time Head Basketball Coach
&
Athletic Director
Bishop McDevitt High School
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania