Ron Simpson

Ronald Simpson is an American former professional basketball player and currently serves as a youth league coach. He had a standout college career at Rider University in which he was the 1987 East Coast Conference co-Player of the Year. As of 2021–22, Simpson serves as the founder and CEO of the South Jersey Titans AAU basketball program.

Playing career High school and college A native of Montclair, New Jersey, Simpson attended Immaculate Conception High School where he became the school's boys' basketball all-time leading scorer. He would later be inducted into Immaculate's hall of fame. Simpson graduated in 1983 and went to play for Adelphi University, an NCAA Division II school in nearby Garden City, New York. As a sophomore in 1985–86 he averaged 16.6 points and 1.2 steals per game, making an immediate impact for the Broncs. The following season, Simpson's best of his collegiate career, he averaged 23.2 points and 5.1 rebounds per game. He became the first Rider player to score 1,000 career points within his first two seasons. In Simpson's senior season at Rider in 1987–88, he averaged 22.8 points and 6.0 rebounds per game.

Among Rider's 1,000-point scorers, Simpsons' 20.0 career points per game average is the highest of all-time. The 660 points he scored in his senior season once stood as a single-season school record. He instead went overseas to play professional and France but did not enjoy the expatriate lifestyle. He returned stateside and tried out for the former United States Basketball League (USBL) but did not make a team. It was then he decided to quite pursuing playing professional basketball and look toward a different career.

Later life From 1993 to 2013, Simpson served in the New Jersey Division of Criminal Justice. He was a sergeant in the street gang unit where he led many investigations, presentations and trainings. He stayed actively involved in the community and also served as a basketball coach in various youth leagues, middle schools, high schools, and even at the junior college level (Mercer County Community College). Since 2015 he has overseen the growth of an Amateur Athletic Union basketball program, the South Jersey Titans. Simpson also concurrently serves as the athletic coordinator for the Robbinsville Township Recreation Department.