Few coaches in all of college athletics can boast a more impressive record than Rockhurst men’s soccer coach Tony Tocco. His 566 career victories ranks first among active intercollegiate coaches and third 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 38 years in coaching at Rockhurst while compiling a 566-150-52 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, who was inducted into the NAIA Hall of Fame in 2007, was the winningest coach in the NAIA with 437 victories going into the 2008 season. He was named the NAIA National Coach of the Year three times (1974, '76 and '86). 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 118-48-21 record and advanced to the national tournament in 2002, '03, '05 and '08. The Hawks rose to fourth in the nation in Division II in 2008 and were the No. 1 seeded team in the NCAA Midwest Regional.

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. He was also named the GLVC Coach of the Year in 2008.

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. Tony Tocco (Rockhurst) 566-150-52
2. Jay Martin (Ohio Wesleyan) 548-109-45

3. Ron Butcher (Keene State, N.H.) 540-224-68
4. Dan Gilmore (Rowan, N.J.) 509-143-49

5. Horst Richardson (Colorado College) 495-266-59

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) 597-233-95

3. Tony Tocco (Rockhurst) 566-150-52

4. Jay Martin (Ohio Wesleyan) 548-109-45

5 Jerry Yeagley (Indiana) 544-101-45