Ron Righter Coaching You to the Finish Line
Testimonials
"On behalf of the Carolina Sports Business Club, I'd like to extend my gratitude for coming to speak to the Club. I enjoyed hearing your insights about coaching and getting into the sports business industry. Thank you again and please know that you are welcome back anytime!" (March 2021)
With gratitude, Alec Merendino
CSBC Treasurer of University of North Carolina Sports Business Club
"I joined Ron's staff at Clarion University just as the academic year was beginning. From the first day I met him his positive energy and passion impacted my life. He is an outstanding leader and understands how to motivate, engage, and shape individuals and groups he comes in contact with. Ron treats everyone he meets like they are the most important person in the room. Ron's lessons in life, leadership, and coaching have greatly shaped my career and I am confident if you were to engage with Ron you and your organization would benefit greatly."
- David Fitzgerald
Results Driven Sales Leader, Strong Interpersonal Skills, Financial Budgeting/Forecasting, Relationship Builder
"I’ve always considered that the best managers I’ve been exposed to are my former coaches but wondered how their skillsets would translate to a business environment. Getting the opportunity to work with Coach Righter confirmed my long-held notion. Those skillsets translate! I was energized by his approach to creating and implementing strategic plans (just as a coach would) – plans that always put us in the best position to win; and like a great recruiter, he made contacts in a manner that was both professional and personal, and people responded!
Coach Righter either played a significant role or was directly responsible for the ongoing initiatives that SAS has in Collegiate Sports Analytics. He is a winner!"
- Sam Edgemon
Helping organizations develop a Culture of Analytics | Data Engineer | Analyst | SAS, JMP, R, Python
"I'm happy to recommend Ron Righter for his strong interest in sports analytics. His basketball background is impressive and we've had many conversations on how things need to evolve so colleges and pro teams - in both the front office and back office - can step it up to the next level. He was instrumental in connecting me with the NCAA's first-ever Data Summit on Analytics for athletic directors."
- Dave Schrader, Sports and Business Analytics Educator
"Ron's charismatic style enlightens and motivates all ages and genders. He has the unique gift to touch the hearts of his audience through the power and passion of his unwavering faith, with humor and storytelling."
- Jerry Strom, retired University of Iowa Men's Basketball Administrator
"The ability to communicate a truly empowering message is a divine gift. Ron Righter has artfully enhanced the lives of people from all ages and backgrounds through his relatable testimony and modest teaching. Ron's example of a life lived in earnest integrity turns a simple sermon, lesson or story into a proverb that sinks in and reveals its true meaning over and over through time."
- Jeremy T. McCool, NCAA Director of Enforcement/Basketball Development
"In I Chronicles 16:8 (NIV), it says: 'Give thanks to the Lord, call on His name; make known among the nations what He has done.' I want to take a moment and let you know that we give thanks to the Lord for you, your ministry as Head Mens Basketball Coach at Clarion University over the years. We are grateful for your willingness to come to Western Pennsylvania to be part of the first Spiritual Emphasis Westminster Speaker of the Year. Well done good and faithful Servant! ...Your presence kept up the tradition we have developed of having great preachers and meaningful worship."
- Rev. James R. Mohr II, College Chaplain and Director of Church Relations at Westminster College, PA
Coffee with Coach
By Shane Eck, former Head Manager for Clarion Univ. Men’s Basketball
What inspires people? What makes the little light bulbs inside peoples’ heads light up? These are Questions that I sometimes wonder about myself. The other night, I watched a movie on television about a sports writer who was very busy. He never had the time to do anything but work. He heard that one of his old professors who was very close to him, was dying. While thinking back on a promise he made 16 years ago to keep in touch, he realized that he needed to repay that promise and visit before he died. He did this, and then realized why they were so close, why he had spent so much time with this man and why he meant so much to him. This man lived life to the fullest, even knowing that the next day could be his last. This man was called "coach", even though he was not the coach of any sport, but because he was sort of a "coach" of life.
Well, this movie made me think about those that have made an impact on my life like this professor did on this student. I have had a lot of people who have become very important to me. But one relationship that stands out the most and is most like this movie is the one that 1 have with my "coach". This person I speak of is Ron Righter, Head Men's Basketball Coach here at Clarion University. I have worked for Coach for three years now, and even before I worked for him, I admired him for many years. Since I grew up in the town of Clarion, I have seen my share of basketball games, and I always knew Coach was a great coach. Now I know that he is also a great person.
In the last few years I have had the opportunity to share some great conversations with Coach Righter, mostly while sipping on a hot cup of joe. We talk about all sorts of things; family, religion, and life. And I have always taken what he has said to heart. Sometimes I even get a bit upset when others join us, because I feel they are taking away my time with Coach. But I realize that others also need the insight this man has to share, so it doesn't bother me that much. Coach Righter is always in a great mood, and that is what I admire the most.
I've learned by his example to not let the little things in life upset you. You have to learn to sometimes just let things go. If you dwell on them too much you will be upset about the time you had lost worrying about it. My time spent with Coach Righter will someday be greatly missed, when I leave this town, I will miss most my coffee with coach. So I would like to take this opportunity to say to my coach, mentor and friend, thank-you, you have inspired me.
With gratitude, Alec Merendino
CSBC Treasurer of University of North Carolina Sports Business Club
"I joined Ron's staff at Clarion University just as the academic year was beginning. From the first day I met him his positive energy and passion impacted my life. He is an outstanding leader and understands how to motivate, engage, and shape individuals and groups he comes in contact with. Ron treats everyone he meets like they are the most important person in the room. Ron's lessons in life, leadership, and coaching have greatly shaped my career and I am confident if you were to engage with Ron you and your organization would benefit greatly."
- David Fitzgerald
Results Driven Sales Leader, Strong Interpersonal Skills, Financial Budgeting/Forecasting, Relationship Builder
"I’ve always considered that the best managers I’ve been exposed to are my former coaches but wondered how their skillsets would translate to a business environment. Getting the opportunity to work with Coach Righter confirmed my long-held notion. Those skillsets translate! I was energized by his approach to creating and implementing strategic plans (just as a coach would) – plans that always put us in the best position to win; and like a great recruiter, he made contacts in a manner that was both professional and personal, and people responded!
Coach Righter either played a significant role or was directly responsible for the ongoing initiatives that SAS has in Collegiate Sports Analytics. He is a winner!"
- Sam Edgemon
Helping organizations develop a Culture of Analytics | Data Engineer | Analyst | SAS, JMP, R, Python
"I'm happy to recommend Ron Righter for his strong interest in sports analytics. His basketball background is impressive and we've had many conversations on how things need to evolve so colleges and pro teams - in both the front office and back office - can step it up to the next level. He was instrumental in connecting me with the NCAA's first-ever Data Summit on Analytics for athletic directors."
- Dave Schrader, Sports and Business Analytics Educator
"Ron's charismatic style enlightens and motivates all ages and genders. He has the unique gift to touch the hearts of his audience through the power and passion of his unwavering faith, with humor and storytelling."
- Jerry Strom, retired University of Iowa Men's Basketball Administrator
"The ability to communicate a truly empowering message is a divine gift. Ron Righter has artfully enhanced the lives of people from all ages and backgrounds through his relatable testimony and modest teaching. Ron's example of a life lived in earnest integrity turns a simple sermon, lesson or story into a proverb that sinks in and reveals its true meaning over and over through time."
- Jeremy T. McCool, NCAA Director of Enforcement/Basketball Development
"In I Chronicles 16:8 (NIV), it says: 'Give thanks to the Lord, call on His name; make known among the nations what He has done.' I want to take a moment and let you know that we give thanks to the Lord for you, your ministry as Head Mens Basketball Coach at Clarion University over the years. We are grateful for your willingness to come to Western Pennsylvania to be part of the first Spiritual Emphasis Westminster Speaker of the Year. Well done good and faithful Servant! ...Your presence kept up the tradition we have developed of having great preachers and meaningful worship."
- Rev. James R. Mohr II, College Chaplain and Director of Church Relations at Westminster College, PA
Coffee with Coach
By Shane Eck, former Head Manager for Clarion Univ. Men’s Basketball
What inspires people? What makes the little light bulbs inside peoples’ heads light up? These are Questions that I sometimes wonder about myself. The other night, I watched a movie on television about a sports writer who was very busy. He never had the time to do anything but work. He heard that one of his old professors who was very close to him, was dying. While thinking back on a promise he made 16 years ago to keep in touch, he realized that he needed to repay that promise and visit before he died. He did this, and then realized why they were so close, why he had spent so much time with this man and why he meant so much to him. This man lived life to the fullest, even knowing that the next day could be his last. This man was called "coach", even though he was not the coach of any sport, but because he was sort of a "coach" of life.
Well, this movie made me think about those that have made an impact on my life like this professor did on this student. I have had a lot of people who have become very important to me. But one relationship that stands out the most and is most like this movie is the one that 1 have with my "coach". This person I speak of is Ron Righter, Head Men's Basketball Coach here at Clarion University. I have worked for Coach for three years now, and even before I worked for him, I admired him for many years. Since I grew up in the town of Clarion, I have seen my share of basketball games, and I always knew Coach was a great coach. Now I know that he is also a great person.
In the last few years I have had the opportunity to share some great conversations with Coach Righter, mostly while sipping on a hot cup of joe. We talk about all sorts of things; family, religion, and life. And I have always taken what he has said to heart. Sometimes I even get a bit upset when others join us, because I feel they are taking away my time with Coach. But I realize that others also need the insight this man has to share, so it doesn't bother me that much. Coach Righter is always in a great mood, and that is what I admire the most.
I've learned by his example to not let the little things in life upset you. You have to learn to sometimes just let things go. If you dwell on them too much you will be upset about the time you had lost worrying about it. My time spent with Coach Righter will someday be greatly missed, when I leave this town, I will miss most my coffee with coach. So I would like to take this opportunity to say to my coach, mentor and friend, thank-you, you have inspired me.
