Ron Naclerio is a basketball coach and author. He coaches at Benjamin Cardozo High School. He is the most winning coach in the Public Schools Athletic League.
Early life
Naclerio was born on 1958. 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.
Coaching
Naclerio started coaching in 1981. In his first season he went 1-21. The second year he went 21-4. By 2011 he broke the record of wins by a PSAL coach when he reached 723 passing Chuck Granby. Eventually he reached 748 wins and counting. During this time he won two city titles.
Author
Naclerio cowrote Swee'Pea and Other Playground Legends: Tales of Drugs, Violence and Basketball with John Valenti
Notable players
References
- ^ 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.