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Steve Roccaforte is in his third year as an assistant

coach at Virginia Tech. Roccaforte, known nationally

as a tireless recruiter and enthusiastic floor coach, has

benefitted the Hokies greatly.

Roccaforte came to Virginia Tech following three years

as an assistant coach at South Florida. He played a large

role in USF getting a top-15 nationally ranked recruiting

class for both the 2012-13 and 2013-14 seasons and

helped the Bulls advance to the third round of the 2012

NCAA Championships. Consistently towards the top of

the list, Roccaforte was ranked as the 23rd best assistant

coach in the NCAA in 2012.

With more than 30 years of experience at the NCAA

Division I level, Roccaforte has worked with some of the

top coaches in the business and has recruited some

of the top talent in the country. He has served under

national coaches of the year in John Calipari, Perry Clark

and Billy Tubbs helped develop multiple nationally ranked

recruiting classes. Prior to USF, Roccaforte was the head

coach at Lamar University for five seasons.

Roccaforte is also no stranger to postseason play, having

served on the staff of seven teams that extended their

seasons. He has been to a three NCAA Tournaments,

one each with USF, Tulane and Memphis, and five NITs

with Tulane, Wyoming and Memphis. Tulane advanced

to the NIT Final Four at Madison Square Garden in

1996. Memphis made a pair of trips to MSG, including

a championship run in 2002. In all, Roccaforte’s teams

have advanced to nine postseason appearances, most

recently, the Hokies 2016 NIT appearance.

Known as a relentless recruiter, Roccaforte has put

together top 25 recruiting classes at USF (No. 12 being

the highest), Tulane (No. 8), Memphis (No. 1), Lamar

(No. 6) and now Virginia Tech. Memphis had the nation’s

top-rated recruiting class in 2001.

rated Lamar’s class in 2004, the first full recruiting class

with Roccaforte on staff, among the top 10 in the country.

According to recruiting analyst Dave Telep, Roccaforte is

one of the 25 hardest-working coaches in the nation as

well as one of the top 15 recruiters in the country.

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