Naclerio’s unique path to basketball history

St. John’s alum Ron Naclerio knows a thing or two about winning. In fact, he probably knows around 758 things about winning.

Naclerio, a graduate of St. John’s in 1979, has coached basketball at Benjamin N. Cardozo High School in Bayside, NY for 36 years and counting. In that time, he’s become the winningest public school head coach in New York state history.

He achieved the record win, number 755, back in December, and since then he has tacked on three more wins to that legendary total.

But Naclerio didn’t always have his sights set on coaching. In fact, at St. John’s he was actually a baseball player, who also spent time playing under legendary head coach Lou Carnesecca on the Johnnies…