Pat Rocks is entering his second year as the director of The Band of Wolves, Loyola’s pep band, which performs at men’s and women’s basketball home games as well as select volleyball and soccer competitions.
In addition to his role as Loyola’s pep band director, Rocks serves as the band director at Noble Network Charter Schools. There, he was tasked with beginning the band program, and in a short time has developed Noble into one of the top programs in the area.
Rocks was the pep band director at Xavier University in 2014-15 and has experience teaching at the grade school level. He also currently performs as a percussionist for the Northeastern Illinois University wind ensemble.
Rocks, who boasts an Illinois Professional Educator License, Multi-Age (P-12), graduated magna cum laude from Xavier University in 2014 with a degree in music education.
