THE OFFICIAL ATHLETICS SITE OF THE UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-WHITEWATER

Ron Wangerin taught and coached at UW-Whitewater from 1966 to 1994.  He coached the men's tennis team from 1967 until 1989, leading the team to Wisconsin State University Conference titles in 1967, 1982, 1988 and 1989.  His men's teams finished first, second or third a total of 18 times in 23 years.  During that same almost quarter century span, Wangerin's team had just two losing season records in dual meets.  The 1982 squad went 7-0 in WSUC dual meet contests, while the 1988 squad set the school record with 22 dual meet victories (22-5).  His tenure included coaching the league's singles champion four times, and the conference's top doubles team in three seasons.  The duo of Eric Arvold and Jim Winkler earned NCAA III all-American status in 1986 under his coaching.  Wangerin added coaching duties for the women's team in 1974, a job he continued through the 1982-83 school year.  With four top three finishes in eight years, Wangerin directed the Warhawk women to the WWIAC title in 1982, when the team went 17-8 in dual meets, the most wins ever and the second best winning percentage, behind only the 13-4 mark his 1977 team compiled.  He was named WIAC Tennis Coach of the Year in 1983, when he also mentored league singles champion Connie O'Neill. A graduate of Whitefish Bay High School, Wangerin received his undergraduate degree from UW-LaCrosse, where he earned letters in football, swimming and track.  He also earned a master's degree and doctorate from the University of Michigan.  A professor emeritus after twenty-eight years of teaching in the health, physical education, recreation and coaching department, Wangerin is retired and living in Fort Atkinson, where he remains active running a summer tennis camp and officiating high school and college swimming.