Bio

For Ron Scott, 2017 marks his 29th season as head baseball coach at Fresno City College. Following a distinguished prep coaching career, Scott succeeded the legendary Len Bourdet who retired following a successful 1988 season. Scott not only followed the California Community College Baseball Hall of Famer, he surpassed his total to become the winningest coach in FCC baseball history. Between them there are 1,609 FCC victories since 1958!

• Scott, is the winningest baseball coach in Northern California with 887 wins
• Over 27 seasons, Scott has guided the Rams to a state championship in 1992, a second-place finish in 2001 and six third-place finishes at the California Community College Baseball Championships (Final Four).
• The Rams were also ranked No. 2 in the nation in 2005.
• Scott has also coached the Rams to six Northern California championships as well as 18 conference titles.
• The 1992 state champions finished 45-7, the best in FCC baseball history.
• Scott’s overall record entering 2015 is 887-326 and 467-120 in conference games.
• His career win total ranks him in the top four in state history and he enters the 2015 campaign in the top three among all active coaches.
• Seven Rams that played for Scott and his staff have advanced to the major leagues: Pitchers Jaime Cerda, Ted Lilly, Bill Simas, Shad Williams, and Marcus Walden as well as infielders Jason Wood and Sean Halton.
• In his 27 seasons, the Rams have finished third or higher in conference standings and have been in post-season competition every year.
• Since his first season with the Rams, Scott has placed an astonishing number of players, 43, on the All-America list, at least one every year. Five of them were two-time All-Americans: Sean Halton, Andy Underwood, Jon Asahina, Sam Lopez, Lance Backowski and Jason Wood.

A community college baseball star at Canada College, Scott transferred to the University of Miami where he helped lead the Hurricanes to the College World Series championship game (Final Score: USC 7, Miami 4.) Scott was selected All-Tournament catcher.He also played on the USA baseball team that won the 1974 World Games for which he received a gold medal.

Scott received his bachelor’s degree from San Jose State and his master’s from Fresno State as well as his teaching credential.

He has two daughters, Amanda, 36, a four-time All-American softball player at Fresno State; and Courtney, 32, a two-time All-American catcher at the University of California, Berkeley. Both Scott sisters played on NCAA championship teams.

Amanda is in her third season as the head softball coach at Roosevelt University in Chicago and Courtney is in her fourth year as an assistant softball coach at Louisville.

Ron, his wife, Rebecca, and her sons, Parker and Kyle, reside in Fresno.