Smith College

Juan Ranero
Head Coach
raneroj@rowan.edu
(856) 256-4687

Juan Ranero enters his ninth season as head coach at Rowan University. His record with the Profs stands at 199-120-1 while his overall coaching record is 308-223-2. In addition, he is an assistant athletic director.

Last year, Rowan went 34-14 and reached the final game of the NCAA Division III Championship Tournament First Round. Ranero recorded his 300th career victory in a 9-4 win over Haverford College on April 22, 2008.

In 2007, Rowan posted a 23-17 record and advanced to the fourth round of the New Jersey Athletic Conference (NJAC) Championship Tournament. In 2006, Ranero guided the Profs to a 30-15 record. Rowan received an at-large bid to the postseason tournament and reached the final of the NCAA Division III Regional. Ranero earned his 250th coaching victory in Rowan's 9-5 win over Salisbury University in the regional tournament.

This is Ranero's second stint as head coach at the University. He coached for five seasons from 1994 to 1998 and compiled a 112-74-1 record. In that time, Rowan advanced to the NCAA Regional Tournament three times (1998-97-96). In 1997, he was named the NJAC Coach of the Year and received the Louisville Slugger Award for Excellence in Coaching.

Ranero returned to the University after four years at Division II Barry University (FL). He turned the Buccaneers into a Sunshine State Conference (SSC) contender. In 2005, he guided the baseball team to an overall record of 34-21 and a 12-12 SSC mark. The .618 winning percentage that year and in 2004 was the team’s best percentage since the Bucs advanced to the NCAA South Region final in 1998. Ranero had a record of 109-103-1 at the University.

Prior to Barry, Ranero was the head baseball coach and an instructor at Westminster Christian School for two years. He posted a 49-18 record and led the Warriors to two District Championships. The baseball team had a 28-7 record his last season and won its second straight district title before falling in the region final. In 2000, Westminister compiled a 21-11 record and won the district championship.

After the 1998 season, Ranero left Rowan to serve as recruiting coordinator and pitching coach at NCAA Division I Old Dominion University. Prior to coming to Rowan, he was an assistant baseball coach at Appalachian State University (NC) for four years. Ranero was also an assistant coach with the Yarmouth/Dennis Red Sox of the Cape Cod League for six summers.

In addition, he has served as an assistant coach at Miami-Dade Community College-Kendall Campus (1989), Alfred B. Maclay School (Tallahassee, FL) (1988-89) and South Miami High School (1985-87). He graduated from Florida State University in 1989 with a bachelor’s degree in physical education and earned his master’s in physical education at Appalachian State University in 1992.

Ranero transferred to Florida State after earning his associate’s from Miami-Dade Community College. He was a pitcher at Miami-Dade in 1984 and with the South Florida “Huskies” in the semi-pro baseball league in 1984-85.