John started teaching at Crete – Monee High School in 1990. He coached basketball and football for two years. Then he started coaching and teaching at Reavis High School. John coached boys basketball and girls softball. He has been coaching boys soccer at Reavis since 2005. Larocca is currently the Sophomore Head Coach, in his seasons with the Rams he has won over 150 games and the programs conference championships in 2009, 2012, & 2104. John attended Homewood – Flossmoor High School and played basketball and soccer for all four years. He then proceeded to Illinois State University and got his degree in Mathematics. He received his master’s in education from Governors State University and Chicago State University.
John is married to Mary Kay (McEldowney) and has two daughters, Samantha and Madison.