Ron Naclerio

Ron Naclerio is an author and all time winningest coach for the PSAL league.[1] He coaches at Benjamin Cardozo High School.[2]

Early life

Naclerio was born in 1958.[3] His father Emil Naclerio was a thoracic surgeon.[4] Naclerio played baseball at St. John’s University and later spent three years in the Chicago White Sox system.[4] This included the Gulf Coast League White Sox.[5]

Coaching

Naclerio started coaching in 1981.[2] After years as an assistant under Al Matican.[4] In his first season he went 1-21.[6] The second year he went 21-4.[7] By 2011 he had reached 600 wins[4] and eventually broke the record of wins by a PSAL coach when he reached 723 passing Chuck Granby.[8] Eventually he reached 748 wins and counting.[9] During this time he won two city titles.[8]

Author

Naclerio cowrote Swee'Pea and Other Playground Legends: Tales of Drugs, Violence and Basketball with John Valenti[10]

Notable players

References
  1. Linge, Mary Kay; Tanzer, Joshua (17 September 2016). "The top 40 public high schools in NYC".
  2. "N.B.A. Pipeline Bypassing New York for New Jersey". The New York Times. 19 December 2012.
  3. "Ronald Naclerio Register Statistics & History - Baseball-Reference.com".
  4. Braziller, Zach (1 February 2011). "Cardozo's Ron Naclerio picks up 600th victory".
  5. "1980 GCL White Sox Statistics -- Register - Baseball-Reference.com".
  6. "Cardozo's Ron Naclerio sets PSAL wins record". Retrieved 5 October 2016.
  7. "Diary of A Mad Coach, Part 1".
  8. "Cardozo HS coach Naclerio sets PSAL record with 723rd win".
  9. "Cardozo's Ron Naclerio is real life "White Shadow" of NYC".
  10. "Too Good for His Own Good". The New York Times. 23 December 1990.
  11. "Temple Player on Center Stage, at Last". The New York Times. 13 January 1990.
  12. "A Point Guard Leaves in Order to Go Back Home". The New York Times. 25 November 1994.
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