Ronnie Arrow
Ronnie Arrow (born August 28, 1947)
Teams coached: South Alabama Jaguars, Texas A&M-Corpus Christi Islanders
South Alabama record: 211-161 (.567)
Texas A&M-Corpus Christi record: 134-91 (.596)
Overall record^: 345-252 (.578)
Career Accomplishments:
- NCAA National Championships: 0
- NCAA Tournament Appearances: 4 (1989, 1991, 2007, 2008)
- NCAA Tournament Sweet Sixteen: 0
- NIT Championships: 0
- NIT Appearances: 0
- Sun Belt Regular Season Champion: 3 (1989, 1991, 2008)
- Southland Regular Season Champion: 1 (2007)
- Sun Belt Tournament Champion: 2 (1989, 1991)
- Southland Tournament Champion: 1 (2007)
- NJCAA National Championships: 3 (1983, 1984, 1986)
Awards:
- Sun Belt Coach of the Year: 3 (1989, 1991, 2008)
- Southland Coach of the Year: 1 (2007)
Coaching Career (head coach, unless noted):
| 2007-2012 | South Alabama |
| 1999-2007 | Texas A&M-Corpus Christi |
| 1987-1995 | South Alabama |
| 1977-1987 | San Jacinto CC |
| 1969-1972 | Sam Houston State (asst) |
Ronnie Arrow Facts
- Ronnie Lee Arrow
- Born August 28, 1947
- Hometown: Houston, Texas
- Alma Mater: Southwest Texas State University (BS, 1969) / Sam Houston State University (M.Ed, 1972)
- Played at Southwest Texas State (now Texas State) under head coach Vernon McDonald; twice earned All-Lone Star honors
- Started his coaching career after graduation, assisting Archie Porter at Sam Houston State while also earning his master’s degree
- Spent four years as the head coach at Pasadena HS (TX), then ten seasons at San Jacinto CC (also in Pasadena, TX)
- Went 302-43 at SJCC, winning three NJCAA National Championships and ten conference titles
- Hired in 1987 to be the head coach at South Alabama, coaching there for the next eight years
- Best seasons were in 1989 and 1991, when the Jaguars won Sun Belt titles and Sun Belt Tournaments to make the NCAAs
- Finished around .500 for three straight seasons and then was fired four games into the 1994-95 season (1-3 record)
- Tabbed as the first head basketball coach at Texas A&M-Corpus Christi in 1998, starting play the following year
- Went 134-91 in eight seasons, leading the Islanders to their first ever NCAA Tournament in his final season (2007)
- Returned to South Alabama to again be the Jaguars’ head coach, spending five more years at the helm
- Won the Sun Belt title and reached the NCAA Tournament in 2008, his first year back
- Again left midway through a season, this time abruptly retiring in December 2012 with a 5-5 record on the year
- Left coaching with a total of 345 Division I victories, 211 of which came at South Alabama
- Along with his wife, Nelda, has one daughter
Ronnie Arrow Coaching Tree
- Bobby Champagne (North Alabama)
- Robert Ford (Saint Xavier, Salem)
- Andrew Helton (Eastern New Mexico)
- Lew Hill (UTRGV)
- Judas Prada (South Alabama)
- Jeff Price (Lynn, South Alabama, Georgia Southern)
- Sean Woods (Southern, Morehead State, Mississippi Valley State)
^ overall record includes head coaching positions at the NCAA Division I level only