Men's Basketball
Sergio Rouco
- Title:
- Assistant Coach
- Email:
- srouco@samford.edu
- Phone:
- 205-726-4252
Sergio Rouco enters his first season as an assistant men's basketball coach at Samford.Â
Rouco, a veteran coach, spent the last three seasons as an assistant coach at Austin Peay. During his time with the Governors, he helped lead the team to a pair of 20-win seasons. His time at APSU was just the latest stop in a long career spanning the prep, collegiate and international professional scene.
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Prior to his time at Austin Peay, Rouco was on the staff at South Florida, where he spent three seasons as an assistant for Orlando Antigua and Murry Bartow.
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Rouco broke into collegiate coaching at Florida International as an assistant, serving four seasons (1987-91) and returning to FIU as an assistant from 2000-2003. He spent a season at UTEP in 2003-04, helping the Miners win 24 games and advance to the NCAA Tournament.
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Rouco later became the head coach at FIU, a position he held from 2004-09. During Rouco’s tenure as the head coach of the Panthers, FIU made a semifinal appearance in the Sun Belt Conference Tournament, the program’s longest postseason run since 1998, and mentored four All-Sun Belt players.
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Prior to his tenure at South Florida, Rouco spent three seasons at Ole Miss (2011-14), helping lead the Rebels to a school record-tying 27 wins and an SEC Tournament title in the 2012-13 season. Rouco helped the Rebels win 20 games and earn an NIT bid in his first season with the program.
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Rouco was a successful prep coach in the Miami area at Loyola (1986-87) and Norland (1991-95). He led Miami Norland to 29 victories and a spot atop the state rankings for a portion of the 1994-95 campaign.
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He boasts professional head coaching experience for Club Mauricio Baez (1995) and Los Minas (1996) in the Dominican Republic, helping both squads reach the semifinals of the playoffs. In 1996-97, he was the head coach of the Trotamundos de Carabobo in Venezuela, and he returned to that country in 2010.
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A 1987 graduate of Nova Southeastern with an education degree, Rouco and his wife, Kelly, have two sons, Sergio Alessandro and Fabian.
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Rouco, a veteran coach, spent the last three seasons as an assistant coach at Austin Peay. During his time with the Governors, he helped lead the team to a pair of 20-win seasons. His time at APSU was just the latest stop in a long career spanning the prep, collegiate and international professional scene.
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Prior to his time at Austin Peay, Rouco was on the staff at South Florida, where he spent three seasons as an assistant for Orlando Antigua and Murry Bartow.
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Rouco broke into collegiate coaching at Florida International as an assistant, serving four seasons (1987-91) and returning to FIU as an assistant from 2000-2003. He spent a season at UTEP in 2003-04, helping the Miners win 24 games and advance to the NCAA Tournament.
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Rouco later became the head coach at FIU, a position he held from 2004-09. During Rouco’s tenure as the head coach of the Panthers, FIU made a semifinal appearance in the Sun Belt Conference Tournament, the program’s longest postseason run since 1998, and mentored four All-Sun Belt players.
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Prior to his tenure at South Florida, Rouco spent three seasons at Ole Miss (2011-14), helping lead the Rebels to a school record-tying 27 wins and an SEC Tournament title in the 2012-13 season. Rouco helped the Rebels win 20 games and earn an NIT bid in his first season with the program.
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Rouco was a successful prep coach in the Miami area at Loyola (1986-87) and Norland (1991-95). He led Miami Norland to 29 victories and a spot atop the state rankings for a portion of the 1994-95 campaign.
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He boasts professional head coaching experience for Club Mauricio Baez (1995) and Los Minas (1996) in the Dominican Republic, helping both squads reach the semifinals of the playoffs. In 1996-97, he was the head coach of the Trotamundos de Carabobo in Venezuela, and he returned to that country in 2010.
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A 1987 graduate of Nova Southeastern with an education degree, Rouco and his wife, Kelly, have two sons, Sergio Alessandro and Fabian.
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