Ronald “Ron” Edwin Turner, Jr.
- Graduated from South Florence High School in 1983
- Graduated from University of Tennessee with BS Degree in Communications in 2001
- Career
- Member of the South Florence Swim Team from 1980‐1982
- Member of the Indian River Community College National Champion Swim Team in
1987‐1989
- Served as an Assistant Swimming Coach at the College of Charleston in 2009-2010
- Level 5 Certified Coach, (highest level), of the American
Swimming Coaches Association
- Received 2005 Award of Excellence from the American Swimming Coaches Association
- 2004 & 2006 North Carolina Coach of the Year
- 2006 YMCA National Coach of the Year
- 2007 USA National Team Head Coach
- Assistant Coach for the 2007 U. S. Pan‐American Games Team
- Developmental Coach of 2012 Olympic Gold medalist of the USA and 2016 Olympic Bronze
medalist from China
- Conference Tournament champion in 1981‐1982 and the West Florence Holiday
Tournament Champion in 1981‐1982
- During his career, he has coached:
- 1 Olympic Gold Medalist
- 1 Olympic Bronze Medalist
- 2 USA National Team members
- 3 Chinese National Team members
- 42 US National Qualifiers
- 21 Chinese National Qualifiers
- 12 USA Olympic Trial Qualifiers
- 8 World Championship Team members
- 18 NCAA All‐Americans
- 41 YMCA All‐Americans
- 2 YMCA National Championship Titles
- 7 NISCA Academic All‐Americans
- Over 100 Nationally ranked swimmers
- 14 swimmers ranked in the top 50 in the world
- Helps as a Special Olympic volunteer
- Is now serving as the Head Coach of the Jiangsu Swimming in Nanjung, China