Ron Ganulin
Ron Ganulin (born May 15, 1945)
Teams coached: NYIT Bears, St. Francis (NY) Terriers
NYIT record^: 27-23 (.540)
St. Francis (NY) record: 187-207 (.475)
Overall record^: 214-230 (.482)
Career Accomplishments:
- NCAA National Championships: 0
- NCAA Tournament Appearances: 0
- NIT Championships: 0
- NIT Appearances: 0
- NEC Regular Season Champion: 2 (2001, 2004)
Awards:
- NEC Coach of the Year: 2 (1998, 2004)
Coaching Career (head coach, unless noted):
| 2013-2023 | St. Francis Brooklyn (asst) |
| 2006-2008 | Manhattan (asst) |
| 2005-2006 | Washington Wizards (CPD) |
| 1991-2005 | St. Francis (NY) |
| 1987-1991 | UNLV (asst) |
| 1985-1987 | Old Dominion (asst) |
| 1982-1985 | Saint Peter’s (asst) |
| 1980-1982 | NYIT |
| 1978-1980 | NYIT (asst) |
| 1976-1978 | C.W. Post (asst) |
Ron Ganulin Facts
- Ron Ganulin
- Born May 15, 1945
- Hometown: New York City, New York
- Alma Mater: Long Island University (BS, 1968)
- The NYC-native attended Long Island University, where he played basketball for head coach Roy Rubin
- The Blackbirds reached the NCAA Division II Final Four in 1968, Ganulin’s senior season
- First coaching job was a three-year stint at Kibbutz Gan Shmuel in Israel, winning a league title in 1975
- Returned to the States and coached at D-II C.W. Post, part of the LIU system (since merged with the Brooklyn campus)
- Spent two years as an assistant at D-II NYIT on Long Island, then two years as the Bears’ head coach
- Moved up to the Division I level in 1982, spending three seasons assisting Bob Dukiet at Saint Peter’s, two seasons under Tom Young at Old Dominion and then four seasons with Jerry Tarkanian at UNLV
- Was a part of two Final Fours at UNLV, including the Rebels’ 1990 NCAA Championship title
- Hired in 1991 to be the head coach at Saint Francis in Brooklyn, leading the Terriers for 14 seasons
- Went 187-207 overall, winning two NEC regular season titles (2001 and 2004)
- Left in 2005 with the second-most head coaching wins in program history
- Spent the 2005-06 season as coordinator of player development with the Washington Wizards (coached by Eddie Jordan)
- Was an assistant at Manhattan for two seasons under head coach Barry Rohrssen, one of his own former asssistants
- After a few years away from coaching, Ganulin coached JV and assisted varsity at Yeshiva University HS for Boys (NYC)
- Returned to Saint Francis in 2013 to be an assistant under Glenn Braica, one of his own former assistants at SFC
- Remained with the program for ten seasons until 2023, when the school decided to eliminate its athletic programs
Ron Ganulin Coaching Tree
- Glenn Braica (St. Francis Brooklyn)
- Barry Rohrssen (Manhattan)
^ overall record includes head coaching positions at both the NCAA Division I and Division II levels