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Danny Rocco

Senior Defensive Analyst for Offense · Virginia Tech

Headline rating: as head coach. Every role he has been rated in is below.

Chemistry
Chem 76: strong76
continuity at Delaware · early
Seasons here1
Programs2
Stints2

Career path

Head-coaching stints since 1936; assistant roles since 2016
2026Virginia TechSenior Defensive Analyst for Offense
2017–2021DelawareHead Coach

Chemistry

vs every head coach since 2016 · 62 = typical
How much continuity and loyalty his programs carryat Delaware
Tenure here — Seasons as head coach at his current schoolTenure here70Staff continuity — Seasons he and his offensive coordinator have worked togetherStaff continuity78Player retention — Players kept vs. the league norm for similar rosters (fewer transfers out)Player retention93Followers — Players and staff who followed him from his previous jobFollowers60QB & coordinator — How long his quarterbacks have played for the same coordinatorQB & coordinator81Roster continuity — Share of starters returning from one season to the next under himRoster continuitysoon
Tenure here
Seasons as head coach at his current school
70
Staff continuity
Seasons he and his offensive coordinator have worked together
78
Player retention
Players kept vs. the league norm for similar rosters (fewer transfers out)
93
Followers
Players and staff who followed him from his previous job
60
QB & coordinator
How long his quarterbacks have played for the same coordinator
81
Roster continuity
Share of starters returning from one season to the next under him
soon
Dashed gold ring on the radar = average (62). Chemistry scale: 62 is typical, 20-50 is a warning sign, under 10 is a collapse.

As head coach

Rating—Peak—

Rating = who he is: his whole head-coaching career (since 1936), weighted toward recent years — how far his teams stood above their contemporaries, how much he lifted programs, his great seasons and titles. Form = the last two seasons. Career = the all-time ranking number.

SeasonTeamRecordSeason rankvs contemporaries
2021Delaware0-1——
2019Delaware0-1——
2017Delaware0-1——
Season rank = his team among all major-college teams that year; vs contemporaries = how far above the average team (in standard deviations).