Shenandoah University

Andrew Marrocco joined the athletics staff at Shenandoah in August 2006, taking the reins as the head coach for the men’s and women’s cross country team, and charged to the creation of the university’s track and field program.  Marrocco graduated from Salisbury University in 2003 with his Bachelor of Science degree in Exercise Physiology, and again in 2005 with a Master of Science degree in Applied Human Physiology and Performance. 

Marrocco is a USATF Level 2 certified endurance coach, as well as a Level 2 sprints/hurdles/relays coach.  Marrocco went on to earn his certification as a USATF cross country specialist. While overseeing the direction of the entire six-team track and field and cross country program, his main day-to-day event coaching and specialties are endurance, long sprints, multis, and vertical jumps. 

During his time at Salisbury, Marrocco competed at the Division lll level for the Seagulls in cross country, indoor track and field, and outdoor track and field. During his collegiate career, he earned 14 All-Conference honors and was a back-to-back Capital Athletic Conference 3000-meter steeplechase champion in ‘01 and ‘02. After graduation, Marrocco served as a Graduate Assistant to Coach Jones and helped produce three conference champions and record holders in the steeplechase along with one in the pole vault for the Seagulls.  

Following Salisbury, Marrocco had a one-year stint as the assistant track and field coach at The College of New Jersey, where he saw the development of the pole vaulters and multis.  While at TCNJ, Marrocco led the Lions to two indoor and one outdoor NJAC pole vault titles.  

Upon arriving to Shenandoah, Marrocco made an immediate impact on the cross country and track and field programs here at SU. When the Hornets were a part of the USA South Conference, Marrocco won Conference Coach of the Year accolades in the same season for both men's and women's cross country in 2009. He would then go on to win both awards again in 2010 which was also the year the women’s cross country team won the USA South Conference Championship. In 2011 he received the Women’s Conference Coach of the Year award for his third time. Shenandoah has risen from 26th in the NCAA South region in 2006, to sixth in 2010, with a program-best fifth in the region at the 2023 championships.  

Shenandoah’s men’s and women’s indoor track and field and outdoor track and field teams became a fully sanctioned NCAA track and field program in 2009 and became a part of the Old Dominion Athletic Conference in 2012 with the men’s and women’s cross country teams following for the 2013 season. The programs have since produced six All-Americans, 75 NCAA National Qualifiers, 116 All-Region honorees, and 574 All-Conference honorees (42 being ODAC Champions). 

In 2020, Shenandoah University honored Marrocco with the James R. and Mary B. Wilkins Award for staff excellence.  In addition to his success at Shenandoah, Marrocco currently serves as a member of the Kernstown Battlefield Association Board of Directors. Marrocco has also served since 2016 on the US Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association’s national executive committee as the women’s South Region representative.  Marrocco currently lives in Frederick County with his wife Lauren who is a volunteer assistant with the women's lacrosse program here at SU.