Ron Ballatore

Ron Ballatore
Biographical details
Born1941
Chicago, Illinois
DiedApril 27, 2012
Gainesville, Florida
Alma materSouthern Illinois University
Playing career
1958–1962Southern Illinois University
(All American Honors)
Position(s)Breaststroke
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1967–1978Pasadena City College
1978–1994UCLA
1994–1996Brown
1996–1999Florida
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
NCAA Championship (1982)
Awards
Pac-10 Coach of the Year (1981, 1982, 1984, 1994)
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Ron "Stix" Ballatore (1941 – April 27, 2012) was an American college and international swimming coach. From 1978 to 1994, Ballatore was the head coach of the men's swimming and diving team at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), where he coached his UCLA Bruins swimmers to an NCAA national championship in 1982.[1][2]

  1. ^ Associated Press, "Ex-UCLA coach Ron Ballatore dies," ESPN (April 27, 2012). Retrieved July 7, 2014.
  2. ^ Craig Neff, "There Was Really Something Bruin," Sports Illustrated (April 5, 1982). Retrieved July 7, 2014.