Gene Rock

[3] During the former season, USC finished with a then-school record 23–5 mark en route to winning the Pacific Coast League Southern Division title.

[3] Rock was also a teammate of future College Basketball Hall of Fame coaches Alex Hannum and Tex Winter.

After his college career ended, Rock played for the Birmingham Skyhawks in the PBLA, which was a professional basketball league that lasted for less than one full season due to underfunding.

[1] His basketball career ended after the season, and Rock worked for the Los Angeles Police Department where he became a captain.

[4] Rock retired in 1979 and lived the rest of his life in the San Diego area.