Steve Roche
Coach Roche began his Track career at Cascade High School (Leavenworth) where he competed in a variety of sprinting and jumping events. He left Cascade as the school record holder in the 110 Hurdles and 4x100 Relay. He also teamed up with WHS Coach Haberberger in the 4x400 Relay at Cascade. After high school, he competed in the Decathlon and 400m Hurdles at Spokane Falls Community College and Central Washington University. Highlights of his college career included placing at his conference meets 3 out of 4 years and lettering both of his years at CWU. After high school, Coach Roche began his coaching career at Wenatchee High School for one season, in 2002 where he coached Pole Vault and High Jump. A new job teaching in Kent brought him to Kentwood High School, where he coached from 2003 until 2015. During his time there, he coached all jumping and sprinting events and served as head coach from 2006-2015. The high point of this time was winning a state title with his girls team in 2011 and placing 8th and 12th in the nation in 2010 and 2011 at Nike Track Nationals. A teaching job at Wenatchee High School brought him back to coaching the Panthers in the fall of 2015, where he has coached High Jump, Long Jump, Triple Jump and Sprints in his return. Since 2018 Coach Roche has taken the role of Co-Head Coach at WHS along with Coach Bullis. He is a level one USATF Certified Coach. He is married to his wife of 20 years (Laura, a WHS Track Alumni) and has three daughters, two of whom are current Wenatchee Panthers. He loves family activities, traveling and being outdoors.