José Luis Rocha represented México in the 1984 Olympic Games in Diving.

He attended Auburn University[1] where he was a member of the Swimming and Diving Teams from 1986 to 1989.

Rocha was named "an All-American"[2] each of his years at Auburn University, and won the 1987 National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) National Championship on the 1-meter event.

He graduated from Auburn in 1989 with a bachelor's degree in Criminal Justice and moved to South Florida where he married U.S. Olympic diver and double Olympic silver medalist, Michele Mitchell,[3] and became a US Citizen.

Michele Mitchell and Jose Luis Rocha were divorced in 2006 and Rocha moved to Austin, Texas where he worked as a Private Investigator.