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BazilRon Bazil, one of the most experienced coaches in collegiate track and field, begins his third year as head coach of the Tulane track and cross country programs, and already, his work is making an impact.
In his first two years Bazil has elevated the Tulane track and field team into a nationally promenient program. Since his arrival in 1995, Tulane's record of achievement in track and field has steadily grown. Bazil has already produced two All-Americans, eight NCAA national qualifiers, a sprint medley relay team ranked in the Top-10 nationally, thirteen individual Conference USA champions, the 1996 Conference USA Freshman of the Year in cross country, and the Outstanding Performer at the Conference USA Indoor Championship in 1997. His athletes have also rewritten the Tulane record books by establishing 21 new school records. Bazil's guiding force has taken Tulane's program to unprecedented levels. His winning philosophy has already left and incredible mark on the history of Tulane track and field.
Proir to coming to Tulane, Bazil had forged his winning formula during his 16 years as the head coach of the cross country and track and teams of the US Military Academy at West Point. During his tenure at Army, Bazil molded his men's and women's teams into nationaly competitive programs
Army men were introduced to the Patriot League in the spring of 1992, and the cross country team took home the title in the fall of 1993. They went on to take sixth at the NCAA championships that year, and Bazil also took home the District II NCAA Men's Cross Country Coach of the Year title.
Both the men's and women's cross country teams took home Patriot League championship titles in the fall of 1994, and the men came into the 1995 season with a 12-race winning streak behind them. For that effort Bazil was again named Patriot League Coach of the Year.
He held Patriot League coaching honors every season from 1992-95.
The men's indoor track team went undefeated with a 5-0 record in 1994, and the outdoor team checked off their third straight league championship. Bazil left Army with a combined track and cross country career record of 304-116-2 for dual meets and 13 conference championships.
Bazil's tradition for excellence extends far beyond his West Point career. Before he joined the Military Academy, he spent 10 seasons at Adelphi University, including seven years as athletic director. In 1972, his team established world records for the mile relay on two consecutive weekends. In 1972 and 1974, he was honored as district indoor track coach of the year.
Bazil has also served as a member of the NCAA Division I Men's and Women's Track and Field Committee and has also coached on the international circuit for a quarter-century.
His first major international assignment came in 1971 when he coached the U.S. team in a dual indoor meet against the Soviet Union. Through the years his accomplishments multiplied.
He was an assistant coach when the United States met the Soviet Union, Czechoslovakia, Pan Africa and Germany in 1975. In 1982, he coached a U.S. team that faced England, Australia and Sweden.
In 1986 he was a head coach at the U.S. Olympic Festival in Houston, and three years later, he was in Birmingham, England, heading up a U.S. effort against the Soviet Union, England and West Germany.
In 1991, he was again on the Olympic Festival staff, where he coached the East team, and also coached the U.S. men's team against Russia and Japan in Yokohama.
Most recently, Bazil served as an assistant coach for the U.S. team at the 1995 World Championships in Gothenburg, Sweden.
He has already gained recognition at Tulane, as he was named the 1995 Louisiana Cross Country Coach of the Year.
Bazil is a graduate of Springfield (Mass.) College, earning his bachelor's degree in 1958. In 1964 he completed his master's in health, physical education and recreation at Brooklyn College.
Bazil and his wife, Bonnie, have been married for 36 years. They have
two children: Tami, a graduate of Stanford, and Lance, a graduate of Adelphi
University.
Ron Bazil, one of the most experienced coaches in collegiate track and field,
begins his third year as head coach of the Tulane track and cross country
programs, and already, his work is making an impact.
In his first two years Bazil has elevated the Tulane track and field team into a nationally promenient program. Since his arrival in 1995, Tulane's record of achievement in track and field has steadily grown. Bazil has already produced two All-Americans, eight NCAA national qualifiers, a sprint medley relay team ranked in the Top-10 nationally, thirteen individual Conference USA champions, the 1996 Conference USA Freshman of the Year in cross country, and the Outstanding Performer at the Conference USA Indoor Championship in 1997. His athletes have also rewritten the Tulane record books by establishing 21 new school records. Bazil's guiding force has taken Tulane's program to unprecedented levels. His winning philosophy has already left and incredible mark on the history of Tulane track and field.
Proir to coming to Tulane, Bazil had forged his winning formula during his 16 years as the head coach of the cross country and track and teams of the US Military Academy at West Point. During his tenure at Army, Bazil molded his men's and women's teams into nationaly competitive programs
Army men were introduced to the Patriot League in the spring of 1992, and the cross country team took home the title in the fall of 1993. They went on to take sixth at the NCAA championships that year, and Bazil also took home the District II NCAA Men's Cross Country Coach of the Year title.
Both the men's and women's cross country teams took home Patriot League championship titles in the fall of 1994, and the men came into the 1995 season with a 12-race winning streak behind them. For that effort Bazil was again named Patriot League Coach of the Year.
He held Patriot League coaching honors every season from 1992-95.
The men's indoor track team went undefeated with a 5-0 record in 1994, and the outdoor team checked off their third straight league championship. Bazil left Army with a combined track and cross country career record of 304-116-2 for dual meets and 13 conference championships.
Bazil's tradition for excellence extends far beyond his West Point career. Before he joined the Military Academy, he spent 10 seasons at Adelphi University, including seven years as athletic director. In 1972, his team established world records for the mile relay on two consecutive weekends. In 1972 and 1974, he was honored as district indoor track coach of the year.
Bazil has also served as a member of the NCAA Division I Men's and Women's Track and Field Committee and has also coached on the international circuit for a quarter-century.
His first major international assignment came in 1971 when he coached the U.S. team in a dual indoor meet against the Soviet Union. Through the years his accomplishments multiplied.
He was an assistant coach when the United States met the Soviet Union, Czechoslovakia, Pan Africa and Germany in 1975. In 1982, he coached a U.S. team that faced England, Australia and Sweden.
In 1986 he was a head coach at the U.S. Olympic Festival in Houston, and three years later, he was in Birmingham, England, heading up a U.S. effort against the Soviet Union, England and West Germany.
In 1991, he was again on the Olympic Festival staff, where he coached the East team, and also coached the U.S. men's team against Russia and Japan in Yokohama.
Most recently, Bazil served as an assistant coach for the U.S. team at the 1995 World Championships in Gothenburg, Sweden.
He has already gained recognition at Tulane, as he was named the 1995 Louisiana Cross Country Coach of the Year.
Bazil is a graduate of Springfield (Mass.) College, earning his bachelor's degree in 1958. In 1964 he completed his master's in health, physical education and recreation at Brooklyn College.
Bazil and his wife, Bonnie, have been married for 36 years. They have two children: Tami, a graduate of Stanford, and Lance, a graduate of Adelphi University.