Ron San Fillipo
 San Fillipo in 1971 | |
| Biographical details | |
|---|---|
| Born | January 23, 1942 Newark, New Jersey, U.S. |
| Died | November 12, 2024 (aged 82) Cedar Grove, New Jersey, U.S. |
| Alma mater | Montclair State College (1964) |
| Playing career | |
| Football | |
| 1960–1963 | Montclair State |
| Position(s) | End |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| Football | |
| 1964–1965 | Montclair State (assistant) |
| 1966 | Abraham Clark HS (NJ) |
| 1967 | New Jersey City (ends) |
| 1968 | New Jersey City (backfield) |
| 1969 | New Jersey City (DB) |
| 1970 | New Jersey City (DL) |
| 1971 | New Jersey City (DC) |
| 1972–1974 | Newark State / Kean |
| Baseball | |
| 1973–1975 | Kean |
| Administrative career (AD unless noted) | |
| 1972–1975 | Newark State / Kean (assistant AD) |
| 1975–2003 | James Caldwell HS (NJ) |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 14–13 (college football) 29–29 (college baseball)[1] |
Ronald San Fillipo (January 23, 1942 – November 12, 2024) was an American athletic director and athletics coach. He was the head football and baseball coach for Kean College of New Jersey—since renamed Kean University—in the early 1970s and was the athletic director for James Caldwell High School from 1975 until his retirement in 2003.
Biography
[edit]San Fillipo was born in Newark, New Jersey, and grew up in nearby Belleville. He attended Belleville High School and Montclair State and played football for both.[2] He graduated from Montclair State in 1964. Following his graduation, he served two seasons as an assistant football coach before being hired as the head football coach for Abraham Clark High School in 1966.[2]
From 1967 to 1971, San Fillipo served as an assistant for the New Jersey City Gothic Knights football team. He was initially hired as the ends coach.[3] In 1968, he shifted to backfield coach.[4] In 1969, he shifted again to Defensive backs coach,[5] then again in the following year to defensive line.[6] In 1971, he was promoted to defensive coordinator.[2][7] In 1972, he was hired as the head football and baseball coach alongside being named assistant athletic director for the then Newark State.[7] In three seasons as head football coach he led the team to an overall record of 14–13, including an 8–2 season in his last year, 1974. In three seasons as head baseball coach, he led the team to an overall record of 29–29.
In 1975, San Fillipo was hired as the athletic director for James Caldwell High School,[8] a position he held for 28 years until his retirement in 2003.[9]
A resident of Cedar Grove, New Jersey, and Bay Head, New Jersey, San Fillipo died on November 12, 2024.[9]
Head coaching record
[edit]College football
[edit]| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Newark State / Kean Squires (New Jersey State Athletic Conference) (1972–1974) | |||||||||
| 1972 | Newark State | 2–6 | 0–4 | 6th | |||||
| 1973 | Kean | 4–5 | 1–3 | 5th | |||||
| 1974 | Kean | 8–2 | 3–1 | 2nd | |||||
| Newark State / Kean: | 14–13 | 4–8 | |||||||
| Total: | 14–13 | ||||||||
References
[edit]- ^ "NCAA Baseball Statistics; Coach; Ron San Fillipo". National Collegiate Athletic Association. Retrieved May 10, 2025.
- ^ a b c "Appointed By College". Verona-Cedar Grove Times. September 16, 1971. p. 1. Retrieved May 10, 2025.
- ^ "Future Powerhouse". The Record. September 7, 1967. p. 49. Retrieved May 10, 2025.
- ^ "Gothics to Open Campaign Friday". The Bayonne Times. October 2, 1968. p. 16. Retrieved May 10, 2025.
- ^ "DiNardo, Bartletta Join J. C. State Grid Staff". The Jersey Journal. May 15, 1969. p. 34. Retrieved May 10, 2025.
- ^ Wevurski, Pete (August 28, 1970). "Jersey City (Continued from Page 8)". The Jersey Journal. p. 41. Retrieved May 10, 2025.
- ^ a b Hitchcock, Jim (August 17, 1972). "San Fillipo, Dean named coaches at Newark State". The Star-Ledger. p. 44. Retrieved May 10, 2025.
- ^ "Kean Names Bakker". The News. September 6, 1975. p. 17. Retrieved May 10, 2025.
- ^ a b "Caldwell High School Community Mourns the Passing of Former A.D. Ron San Fillipo". TAPinto West Essex. November 20, 2024. Retrieved May 10, 2025.
- ^ "NCAA Football Statistics; Coach; Ron San Fillipo". National Collegiate Athletic Association. Retrieved May 10, 2025.
- 1942 births
- 2024 deaths
- American football ends
- Belleville High School (New Jersey) alumni
- Kean Cougars baseball coaches
- Kean Cougars football coaches
- Montclair State Red Hawks football coaches
- Montclair State Red Hawks football players
- People from Bay Head, New Jersey
- People from Cedar Grove, New Jersey
- Sportspeople from Belleville, New Jersey
- New Jersey City Gothic Knights football coaches
- High school athletic directors in the United States
- High school football coaches in New Jersey
- Baseball coaches from New Jersey
- Coaches of American football from New Jersey
- Players of American football from Newark, New Jersey