After graduation, Rose remained at George Williams for two years as a part-time coach, helping the women's volleyball team win two state titles and place sixth in national competition.

Amanda Rome and Carrie Schonveld were recognized with honorable mention All-Big Ten status, while Mishka Levy was named to the conference's All-Freshman squad.

Penn State also placed six players on the Academic All-Big Ten Team in 1999, as Bremner, Cacciamani, Kalna Miller, Schonveld, Rome and Dawn Ippolito were honored.

His squad earned four AVCA All-American's honors in Micha Hancock, Ariel Scott, Deja McClendon, and Katie Slay.

Hancock also won the 2013 NCAA Championship Most Outstanding Player award after leading her team to the victory over Big Ten foe Wisconsin for the title, 3–1.

In 2014, despite having to replace three All-Americans in McClendon, Scott, and Slay, Rose coached the Nittany Lions to their seventh national championship, which gave them the most women's volleyball titles at the time, ahead of Stanford (6).

Throughout his career, Rose has been called upon to share his expertise with the coaches and players who represent the United States in international competition.

An instructor in the USVBA coaches certification program, Rose has served as a national referee and evaluator and state director for volleyball for the Special Olympics.

A year later, he was an assistant coach for the women's team that won the bronze medal at the 1982 National Sports Festival.

He returned to the National Sports Festival in 1983, this time as the East women's head coach and once again winning the bronze medal.

In 1989, Rose was an assistant coach with the United States men's national team for an exhibition series with Canada and the Soviet Union.

His work on the international scene was to have continued in July of that year, but personal commitments and time constraints prevented him from accepting the position as head coach of the U.S. women's team to the Maccabiah Games.

Conference tournament champion In 1986, Rose married Lori Barberich, a former three-time All-American at Penn State.