Ron Naclerio
Ron Naclerio is a basketball coach and author. He coaches at Benjamin Cardozo High School.[1] He is the most winning coach in the Public Schools Athletic League.
Early life[edit]
Naclerio was born in 1958.[2] Naclerio played baseball at St. John’s University and later spent three years in the Chicago White Sox system. This included the Gulf Coast League White Sox.[3]
Coaching[edit]
Naclerio started coaching in 1981.[1] In his first season he went 1-21.[4] The second year he went 21-4.[5] By 2011 he broke the record of wins by a PSAL coach when he reached 723 passing Chuck Granby.[6] Eventually he reached 748 wins and counting.[7] During this time he won two city titles.[6]
Author[edit]
Naclerio cowrote Swee'Pea and Other Playground Legends: Tales of Drugs, Violence and Basketball with John Valenti[8]
Notable players[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ a b "N.B.A. Pipeline Bypassing New York for New Jersey". The New York Times. 19 December 2012.
- ^ "Ronald Naclerio Register Statistics & History - Baseball-Reference.com".
- ^ "1980 GCL White Sox Statistics -- Register - Baseball-Reference.com".
- ^ "Cardozo's Ron Naclerio sets PSAL wins record". Retrieved 5 October 2016.
- ^ "Diary of A Mad Coach, Part 1".
- ^ a b "Cardozo HS coach Naclerio sets PSAL record with 723rd win".
- ^ "Cardozo's Ron Naclerio is real life "White Shadow" of NYC".
- ^ "Too Good for His Own Good". The New York Times. 23 December 1990.
- ^ "Temple Player on Center Stage, at Last". The New York Times. 13 January 1990.
- ^ "A Point Guard Leaves in Order to Go Back Home". The New York Times. 25 November 1994.