Red Rocha

Ephraim Joseph "Red" Rocha

Born:
September 18, 1923
Hilo, HI

Died:
February 13, 2010
Corvallis, OR


Career
1940-41 University of Hawaii (College)
1944-45 Oregon State University (College)
1945-46 Oregon State University (College)
1946-47 Oregon State University (College)
1947-48 St. Louis Bombers (BAA)
1948-49 St. Louis Bombers (BAA)
1949-50 St. Louis Bombers (NBA)
1950-51 Baltimore Bullets (NBA)
1951-52 Syracuse Nationals (NBA)
1952-53 Syracuse Nationals (NBA)
1954-55 Syracuse Nationals (NBA)
1955-56 Syracuse Nationals (NBA)
1956-57 Fort Wayne Pistons (NBA)
1957-58 Detroit Pistons (NBA) Head coach
1958-59 Detroit Pistons (NBA) Head coach
1959-60 Detroit Pistons (NBA) Head coach
1961-62 Hawaii Chiefs (ABL) Head coach
1963-64 University of Hawaii (College) Head coach
1964-65 University of Hawaii (College) Head coach
1965-66 University of Hawaii (College) Head coach 
1966-67 University of Hawaii (College) Head coach
1967-68 University of Hawaii (College) Head coach 
1968-69 University of Hawaii (College) Head coach
1969-70 University of Hawaii (College) Head coach 
1970-71 University of Hawaii (College) Head coach
1971-72 University of Hawaii (College) Head coach 
1972-73 University of Hawaii (College) Head coach

Born in Hawaii, Rocha spent one year at UH before transferring to Oregon State. After finishing at Oregon State, Rocha played in the BAA.NBA for 8 seasons where he was an All-Star. He turned to coaching afterwards, and lead UH into the NIT and NCAA tournaments in the early 1970's. He was also the founder of the now-legendary Rainbow Classic college basketball tournament.

Rocha died of cancer in 2010.

He married Ginger (d. 2004) in 1946, and they had three daughters.

Source:
Hawaii Sports Hall of Fame
UH Obituary

Stats:
http://www.basketball-reference.com/players/r/rochare01.html
http://www.justsportsstats.com/basketballstatsindex.php?player_id=rochare01