Dick Roche was the wrestling coach at Oak Hills High School from 1974 - 2000. During those years he led the Highlanders to twenty-three team conference championships and one-hundred-seventy individual conference champions. Oak Hills Wrestling won the city championship in 1976, 1977 and 1982 under Coach Roche. Oak Hills had twenty-six All State Placers during Coach Roche's tenure. He was named League Coach of Year twenty-three times, SW Ohio Wrestling Coach of the Year three times, Cincinnati Enquirer and Cincinnati Post Coach of the Year and in 1984 he was named The State of Ohio Division I Coach of the Year. Coach Roche has also been inducted into the SW Ohio Wrestling Coaches Association Hall of Fame and the Ohio High School Coaches Association Hall of Fame. He has served as a wrestling official for thirty-five years while teaching Fitness Education at Oak Hills High School. 

Coach Roche is posthumously inducted into the National Wrestling Hall of Fame as an Ohio Chapter Honoree Class of 2024 on October 13th! Coach Roche's family will receive the Lifetime Service to Wrestling Award for him which honors and recognizes people for their years of commitment as positive role models to student-athletes. It is an acknowledgement of the years of dedication the honorees have given to wrestling as a coach, official, or contributor. The honorees will be permanently recognized at the National Wrestling Hall of Fame and Museum in Stillwater, OK.