Coccimiglio & Perkins CCCAA Hall of Fame Inductees honored at the 3C2A Spring Convention
Two Diablo Valley College legends were honored a the CCCAA Spring Convention in Ontatio, CA last week. The CCCAA Sports Hall of Fame is the highest honor bestowed in California community college athletics. It honors those who have made the most of their experiences as California community college student-athletes, coaches and administrators while maximizing their own potential to better themselves along with those with whom they come in contact. Coccimiglio is a member of the 2017 CCCAA Hall of Fame class and will be honored as the recepient of the California Community College Athletic Association (CCCAA) Lifetime Achievement Award in 2020.
BRODERICK PERKINS (DVC Baseball 1974-75) - Hall of Fame Inductee
The most common phrase among the nominating materials for Perkins is “community college success story.” Perkins’ high school baseball career consisted of a single at-bat but he dreamt of playing the sport collegiately. With diligence and a relentless work ethic that dream came true. In fact, he surpassed that dream by earning All-Golden Gate Conference honors in 1974 and was voted his team’s most valuable player.
Perkins excelled in the classroom as well, earning a scholarship to play at nearby Saint Mary’s College before being drafted by the San Diego Padres. He played five Major League seasons with San Diego and two with the Cleveland Indians, finishing with a .271 batting average. After retiring from baseball in 1984, he embarked on a long career as a firefighter before retiring as a captain in the San Diego Fire Department in 2014.
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STEVE COCCIMIGLIO (DVC Men's Basketball Coach) - Lifetime Achievement Award
After amassing 659 wins and 12 conference titles during a remarkable 30-year career at Diablo Valley College, Steve Coccimiglio retired as Vikings men’s basketball coach. A member of the 2017 California Community College Hall of Fame, he takes pride in having sent 140 players to four-year programs, and the players appreciated the support.
His resume speaks for itself: No. 3 winningest community college basketball coach in state history; 659-301 record at DVC (1990-2020) after going 101-41 at De La Salle (1981-86); six trips to the Elite 8; one State Final Four; two-time State Community College Coach of the Year; California Community College Hall of Fame in 2017; and California Community College Athletic Association (CCCAA) Lifetime Achievement Award in 2020.
Coccimiglio’s long list of accomplishments speaks to a career well-lived:
· Head coach, De La Salle High School, 1981-86 (101-41).
· Assistant Coach, Saint Mary’s College, 1986-89.
· Diablo Valley College head coach 30 years, 1990-2020 (659-301).
· Third-most wins in California community college history.|· 12 conference championships.
· 6 trips to the CC Final 8.
· State Final Four, 1994.
· 2-time California State Coach of the Year, 1999, 2001.
· Northern California Coach of the Year.
· California CC Basketball HOF, 2017
· California Community College Athletic Association Lifetime Achievement Award, 2020.
· Over 140 DVC players competed at the four-year level.
*Excerpt from full article by Matt Schwab - Link Here