title: Ron Naclerio
text: # Ron Naclerio
  
  Ron Naclerio is an author and all time winningest coach for the PSAL league. He coaches at Benjamin Cardozo High School.
  
  ## Early life
  
  Naclerio was born in 1958. His father Emil Naclerio was a thoracic surgeon. 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. After years as an assistant under Al Matican. In his first season he went 1-21. The second year he went 21-4. By 2011 he had reached 600 wins and eventually 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
  
  * Duane Causwell
  * Rafer Alston
  * Royal Ivey
  