Ralph Rosso

Biography

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS Ralph Rosso enters his sixth year on staff at Penn State in 2027 after joining the Nittany Lions in August 2021 following four seasons at Washington, his most recent stop. He was promoted to the role of associate head coach before Penn State began its 2025 campaign. Russo has 18 years of coaching at the collegiate level, and handles coaching the vault and uneven bars for the Nittany Lions. AT PENN STATE In 2026, under Rosso’s guidance, the Penn State bars unit had one of its best years in program history. The Nittany Lions recorded a bars NQS of 49.243 and only tallied a bars score under 49.100 twice during the 2026 season. Penn State registered three scores at or above 49.375 throughout the year including the third, fifth and sixth highest scores in program history. Rosso helped Penn State gymnasts turn in 14 total scores at or above 9.900 including a pair of 9.950s from Dani Latronica and Ava Piedrahita. On the vault apparatus that Rosso coaches, he guided Piedrahita, Ava Cash and Jessica Johanson to a NQS inside the top-20 in the North East Region. During the 2025 campaign, Penn State earned a berth into NCAA Regionals and hosted the Regional in Rec Hall. 2024 was an outstanding year for Rosso’s vault and bars event groups. Four Nittany Lions on vault and three on bars tallied 9.9+ season-best marks. As the season progressed, Rosso’s groups continued to improve, with the bars group setting the No. 4 bars total in school history during the NCAA Regional Fi