"Daniel Christopher Rocco" is the current head coach of the Richmond Spiders football/Richmond Spiders college football team representing the University of Richmond and a former assistant coach of the New York Jets of the National Football League/NFL. Rocco has over 25 years of professional and collegiate coaching experience. Rocco earned his Bachelor's Degree in Speech Communications from Wake Forest University/Wake Forest in 1984. He then added an Education and Counseling Master's Degree from Wake Forest in 1987. He is the son of former Penn State University/Penn State assistant coach Frank Rocco Sr., the brother of former Penn State quarterback Frank Rocco, Jr. (currently the head football coach and athletic director at Libery Christian Academy in Lynchburg, VA), the uncle of Richmond Spiders Football quarterback Michael Rocco whose father is Frank Jr.; the brother of Dave Rocco (currently the head football coach and assistant athletic director at The Covenant School in Charlottesville, VA), and the brother of Sheri Harrison (resides in State College, PA).

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(They) all have a very, very strong commitment to this university and have a strong commitment to this program.

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When his name first came across my ear, I said without hesitation that I'd love to have Stevie Ray Lloyd. He's a very dedicated, tough, committed football player who loves the game and is going to help us do what we need to get done on defense.

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They're listening and learning and they're eager. It's kind of neat to see.

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He's a guy that I've always felt that when this opportunity came my way, he was one of the guys I wanted to hire. I'm very excited he and his family are going to join us here.

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He can play center or guard. We'll be doing some pull schemes in our offense, so it's important that our guards can run. It's also important that your center has good feet to slip the nose guard and get to the second level and block the linebackers. There are some things with the guard and center where power and size aren't as important as speed and athleticism.

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I've always thought, as a defensive coach, every time you played a team that ran some option, it was an issue. Whether it's three plays a game, five plays a game, eight plays a game, the thought that the option is there is something that forces the defense to be very disciplined and forces them to spend a lot of their preparation time in defending it.

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I've certainly spent a lot of time thinking about it. We want to create some formations where they both can be in the game and have the opportunity to both carry the ball.

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These kids had no confidence. They had very little self-esteem. We just wanted to give ourselves a chance early on, to give ourselves some confidence.

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