Background
Burton Rocks is the son of chemist Lawrence Rocks.
Burton Rocks is the son of chemist Lawrence Rocks.
He graduated from Stony Brook University with a history degree in 1994.
Rocks has collaborated with many sports personalities on their memoirs, including the 2003 New York Times bestseller Maine and My Dad: A Baseball Memoir with Yankee outfielder Paul O"Neill. Growing up, he contracted asthma, which he attributes to a bad flu shot. Rocks was repeatedly hospitalized and experienced three code blues before he was 9 years old.
After graduating Hofstra University School of Law, he cowrote Clyde King"s memoirs.
In 2015 Stony Brook University hired Rocks as an adjunct business professor In 2006, Burton Rocks and Andrew Goodwin co-founded and launched the social media company Chatwithastar Incorporated.
C. L. Rocks Corporation MLB/NFL/college coaching clientele list includes: Jim Riggleman,Mike Easler,Joe Oliver,Dave Eiland, Chip Hale, Stump Mitchell and Dawson Odums. MLB players include: Alex Cintron, Robinson Cancel, and Kip Wells.
