Inspirational leader and Coach Frank Allocco The Winning Edge

Joe Hackman interviews De La Salle High School Basketball Coach Frank Alloco. Coach Alloco was born and raised in New Providence, New Jersey. He attended New Providence High School where he was All State in three sports, football, basketball and baseball. He was also honored as the Scholar Athlete for the class of 1971. He attended the University of Notre Dame where he participated on the Varsity football and basketball teams. He was a three year letterman in football as a quarterback and was set to be the starting quarterback in his senior year until a separated shoulder curtailed his playing time. In 1981, he founded the popular Excel in Basketball summer camp (www.excelinbasketball.com) which serves as a teaching camp for basketball skills and provides a motivational base for the thousands of youngsters in California and in New Jersey that attend his camp each year. He has been a featured motivational speaker at corporate sales meetings, business groups and organizations, basketball clinics and camps. His message “The Winning Edge” has been embraced by the thousands of people who have heard his inspirational lectures. In 2002, he was the lead clinician at the Nike All Asia Basketball Clinic in Beijing, China. Mr. Allocco became the Head Basketball Coach at Northgate High School in 1991. Prior to his arrival, Northgate had just 1 winning season in their previous 10 years. In his six year tenure, the Broncos compiled a 167-28 won-lost record. They were the California State Champions in 1995 and were the State Runner-up in 1996. He was named East Bay Coach of the Year in 1995 and 1996. In May of 1997 he was named the Head Basketball Coach at De La Salle High School in Concord. Coach Allocco is the only coach in California State History to win a State Championship at 2 different schools and is Second All-Time in Winning Percentage. Career Record 525-71 88%