Stelio DeRocco

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Stelio DeRocco
portrait
Date of birth April 13, 1960
place of birth Mali Lošinj , Yugoslavia
size 2.00 m
position Head coach

Stelio DeRocco (born April 13, 1960 in Mali Lošinj , Yugoslavia ) is a Canadian volleyball coach and former world class player.

He won the championship and cup in the Italian league and successfully coached the national teams of Australia and Canada . After two championship titles and three cup victories with Tomis Constanta in Romania , he last looked after MKS Będzin in the Polish PlusLiga . For the 2018/19 season he took over the German team of United Volleys Frankfurt in the 1st volleyball Bundesliga.

Stations and successes

As a player

  • 1977–1980: West Toronto (Canada)
  • 1980/1981: Transcoop Reggio Emilia (Italy)
  • 1981–1987: Volley Bologna (Italy)
    • 1st place Italian Championship 1985
    • 2nd Italian Championship 1986
    • Italian cup winner 1984
    • Winner of the European Cup Winners' Cup in 1987

As a trainer

  • 1987–1990: Manitoba Volleyball Team (Canada)
    • Wins Western Canada Summer Games 1987
  • 1990–1995: Gabeca Montichiari (Italy)
    • Winner of the European Cup Winners' Cup in 1991, 1992
    • 2nd place European Supercup 1991, 1992
  • 1995-1996: Volley Montichiari
    • Promotion 1st Italian League Women
  • 1996/1997: Com Cavi Multimedia Napoli
  • 1997–2000: Australian national team
    • 3rd place Asian Championships 1997
    • 2nd place Asian Championships 1999
    • 8th place Olympic Games 2000 in Sydney
  • 2001–2006: Canadian national team
    • 3rd place NORCECA championship 2001
    • 2nd place NORCECA championship 2003
    • 3rd place NORCECA championship 2005
    • 3rd place Panamerica Cup 2006
  • 2006/2007: Tonno Callipo Vibo Valentia (Italy)
  • 2007–2009: Tomis Konstanca (Romania)
    • 1st place Romanian Championship 2008, 2009
    • Romanian Cup Winner 2008, 2009, 2010
    • 3rd place in the CEV Challenge Cup 2009
  • 2010–2012: Red River College (Canada)
  • 2011–2014: Al-Shabab Dubaj (United Arab Emirates)
    • President's Cup winner 2013, 2014
    • Winner Zayed Cup 2013
    • Winner UAE Supercup 2014
  • 2016–2018: MKS Będzin (Poland)

Private life

Stelio DeRocco is married to Val DeRocco, a former player on the Canadian women's national team. They have two sons, Michael and Jason, who plays for Jastrzębski Węgiel in Poland.

Web links

Profile at the Italian Volleyball League (Italian)

credentials

  1. ^ Australian volleyball team at the 2000 Summer Olympics . In: sports-reference.com .
  2. Volleyball Canada inks DeRocco , CBC Sports. July 29, 2004. Retrieved January 28, 2017.