Few coaches in all of college athletics can boast a more impressive record than Rockhurst men’s soccer coach Tony Tocco. His 539 career victories rank second among active intercollegiate coaches and fifth on the all-time coaching list.

“Those are nice numbers and I’m in good company, but I have been around a long time and I’ve been with a school that believes in good soccer programs,” said Tocco, who has spent his entire 36 years in coaching at Rockhurst while compiling a 539-143-45 record.

The Hawks were a perennial power in the NAIA from 1973-1997 under Tocco. Rockhurst played in 17 national tournaments, advancing to the Final Four 10 times and finishing national runner-up four times in 1973, 1976, 1979 and 1997.

Tocco remains the winningest coach in NAIA history with 437 victories. He was named the NAIA National Coach of the Year three times (1974, 1976 and 1986). His teams won 20 or more games eight times, including his last four teams that competed in the NAIA.

Since joining the NCAA in 1998, the Hawks have posted a 102-47-17 record and advanced to

the national tournament in 2002, 2003 and 2005.

The National Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA) named Tocco the 2002 Coach of

the Year for senior college men Division II Central. He was also named National Coach of the Year for senior colleges in 1986 by the NSCCA and was a three-time NSCAA Midwest Region Coach of the Year.

In addition to his coaching duties, Tocco is a full-time professor and head of the accounting department at Rockhurst University.

A 1967 graduate of St. Louis University, Tocco played on the only undefeated and untied soccer team in SLU history in 1964 and pitched in the College Baseball World Series in 1965. He also received his master’s degree and Ph.D from SLU.

Tocco and his wife Phyllis live in Fairway, Kan. They have four children: Amy, Natalie, Leonard

and Charlie.

Winningest Active Intercollegiate Coaches
By Victories
1. C. Clifford McCrath (Seattle Pacific) 590-227-85
2. Tony Tocco (Rockhurst) 539-143-45
3. Ron Butcher (Keene State, N.H.) 522-209-60
4. Jay Martin (Ohio Wesleyan) 515-99-42
5. Dan Gilmore (Rowan, N.J.) 490-126-45

Winningest All-Time Intercollegiate Coaches
By Victories
1. Joe Bean (Quinnipiac, Bridgeport, Wheaton) 607-185-61

2. C. Clifford McCrath (Wheaton, Gordon, Spring Arbor, Seattle Pacific) 590-227-85

3. Jerry Yeagley (Indiana) 544-101-45
4. Stephen Negoesco (San Francisco) 540-172-66

5. Tony Tocco (Rockhurst) 539-143-45