{"id":230211,"date":"2026-05-13T17:48:12","date_gmt":"2026-05-13T17:48:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/230211\/"},"modified":"2026-05-13T17:48:12","modified_gmt":"2026-05-13T17:48:12","slug":"coach-naclerio-honored-queens-gazette","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/230211\/","title":{"rendered":"Coach Naclerio Honored – Queens Gazette"},"content":{"rendered":"

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(L. to r.): Aaron Ambrose, Queens Regional Representative for Governor Hochul; Assemblyman Braunstein, Ron Naclerio, and Assemblymembers Hooks and Ander\u00adson are photographed on the Assembly Floor.<\/p>\n

On Tuesday, May 5, Assemblyman Ed Braunstein introduced a New York State Resolution and welcomed Benjamin N. Cardozo High School Coach Ron Naclerio to the State Capitol in recognition of his re\u00adcent record-breaking achievement: his 973rd career win, making him the all-time winningest basketball coach in New York State history. The Resolution was intro\u00adduced on Queens Day in Albany.<\/p>\n

\u201cI was proud to invite and welcome Coach Ron Naclerio to the State Capitol and introduce a Resolution commemorating his record-breaking win,\u201d said Assembly\u00adman Braunstein. \u201cKnown for his no-non\u00adsense leadership style and grit, Coach Naclerio has coached generations of young athletes and has been inducted into both the New York State and New York City Basket\u00adball Halls of Fame. Coach\u2019s recent record- breaking win was bittersweet for me, since the record was previously held by fellow Queens basketball legend and my high school basketball coach, the late Jack Cur\u00adran of Archbishop Molloy High School. I congratulate Coach Naclerio on his prodi\u00adgious achievement.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI was thrilled to be honored by the New York State Assembly and Assembly\u00adman Ed Braunstein in Albany last week,\u201d said Coach Ron Naclerio. \u201cIt was the first time ever being in such an amazing place. The love shown to me brought a tear to my eye as I realize now all the things I\u2019ve done to help our youth, besides the number of wins so many have seen. Thank you for the honor. I will always cherish that day!\u201d<\/p>\n

Naclerio has coached the Benjamin Cardozo High School boys basketball team since 1981, earning multiple PSAL titles and guiding countless young athletes. He coached several NBA greats: Duane Causwell, Rafer Alston, and Royal Ivey.<\/p>\n

Naclerio has deep New York City roots. He is the son of surgeon Dr. Emil Naclerio, who saved the life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. after he was stabbed in the chest signing copies of his first book in 1958. Dr. King and Dr. Naclerio became friends and stayed connected until Dr. King\u2019s death ten years later. Naclerio stays in contact with members of the King family.<\/p>\n

Prior to coaching, Naclerio was an All-American baseball player at St. John\u2019s Uni\u00adversity and was later drafted into the Chicago White Sox organization.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"(L. to r.): Aaron Ambrose, Queens Regional Representative for Governor Hochul; Assemblyman Braunstein, Ron Naclerio, and Assemblymembers Hooks…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":230212,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[9,24,63,122,124,123],"class_list":["post-230211","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-queens","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc","tag-queens","tag-queens-headlines","tag-queens-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/230211","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=230211"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/230211\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/230212"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=230211"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=230211"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=230211"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}