Ron San Fillipo
Ronald San Fillipo 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
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. 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.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. In 1968, he shifted to backfield coach. In 1969, he shifted again to defensive backs coach, then again in the following year to defensive line. In 1971, he was promoted to defensive coordinator. In 1972, he was hired as the head football and baseball coach alongside being named assistant athletic director for the then Newark State. 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, a position he held for 28 years until his retirement in 2003.
A resident of Cedar Grove, New Jersey, and Bay Head, New Jersey, San Fillipo died on November 12, 2024.