Wheelchair Basketball - LYKINS Ron

United States of America

Wheelchair Basketball

Date of Birth: 26 Feb 1961

Gender: Male

Function : Coach

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events Entered

Discipline	Event	Rank
Wheelchair Basketball	Men USA United States	1

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Ariake Arena	Men's Preliminary Round Group B #08 USA United States 58 GER Germany 55	Finished
	Ariake Arena	Men's Preliminary Round Group B #23 IRI Islamic Rep. of Iran 41 USA United States 65	Finished
	Musashino Forest Sport Plaza	Men's Preliminary Round Group B #31 GBR Great Britain 64 USA United States 63	Finished
	Musashino Forest Sport Plaza	Men's Preliminary Round Group B #40 USA United States 66 AUS Australia 38	Finished
	Ariake Arena	Men's Preliminary Round Group B #50 ALG Algeria 25 USA United States 86	Finished
	Ariake Arena	Men's Quarterfinal #58 USA United States 52 TUR Turkey 45	Finished
	Ariake Arena	Men's Semifinal #67 ESP Spain 52 USA United States 66	Finished
	Ariake Arena	Men's Gold Medal Match #73 USA United States 64 JPN Japan 60	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

He coached the US men's wheelchair basketball team to gold medals at the Parapan American Games in 2015 and 2019. He also led the team to gold at the 2016 Paralympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. (paralympic.org, 31 Aug 2019, 02 Jun 2016; teamusa.org, 23 Sep 2016)

He led the US men's wheelchair basketball team to silver medals at the world championships in 2014 and 2018. (nwba.org, 22 Dec 2018; stlsportspage.com, 09 Jun 2016)

He coached the US women's wheelchair basketball team to gold medals at the Paralympic Games in 2004 and 2008. (stlsportspage.com, 09 Jun 2016; nwba.org, 31 May 2016)

He was inducted into the National Wheelchair Basketball Association [NWBA] Hall of Fame in 2018. (nwba.org, 22 Dec 2018)

Appointment:

Other role:

He is head coach of the men's wheelchair basketball team at the University of Missouri in the United States of America.

Previous role:

He was an assistant coach of the US women's wheelchair basketball team at the 2000 Paralympic Games in Sydney, and went on to serve as head coach of the team at the Paralympic Games in 2004 and 2008. He has coached wheelchair basketball at the University of Kentucky and University of Wisconsin-Whitewater in the United States of America. He has also coached the sport at community level with the Atlanta Hawks and Minnesota Junior Rolling Timberwolves.

General Interest

General
NATIONAL FIRST
He is the first head coach to win gold medals at the Paralympic Games with both the US men's and the US women's wheelchair basketball teams. (nwba.org, 22 Dec 2018)

LONG WAIT
He coached the US men's basketball team to their first gold medal at a Paralympic Games in 28 years, when they topped the podium at the 2016 Games in Rio de Janeiro. "We never talked about being on a 28-year drought or getting bronze in London [2012]. We just played one game at a time and one tournament at a time. And this year the whole focus was going to Rio. If we played like we knew we could, then we had a shot at winning gold." (teamusa.org, 23 Sep 2016)

WHEELCHAIR BASKETBALL BEGINNINGS
He became involved in wheelchair basketball at the University of Kentucky in the United States of America. "When I was an undergraduate student we had to do a 90-hour fieldwork [project]. They had a wheelchair basketball team on campus, I did not have a car so I needed something close and I liked sports. I got involved with [the wheelchair basketball team], did my 90 hours in about two weeks, really enjoyed it and just stayed with it." (stlsportspage.com, 09 Jun 2016)

Legend

:: Gold Medal Event
:: Silver Medal Event
:: Bronze Medal Event

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