Coaching Clinic Scheduled for September 19th!
It’s official — Coach Lykins will be our Presenter at the AAASP Wheelchair Basketball Coaching Clinic — and we could not be more excited!
HEAD COACH UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI WHEELCHAIR BASKETBALL TEAM COACH RON LYKINS brings an unparalleled level of experience to the court.
In addition to his role at University of Missouri, Coach Lykins was just appointed to the 2025 Men’s USA Wheelchair Basketball National Team Staff, and is the ONLY coach to have led both the U.S. Men’s and Women’s teams to Paralympic Gold medals. His leadership and insight are unmatched. Coach Lykins is known not only for his tactical expertise, but also for his inclusive, athlete-centered coaching philosophy. We can’t wait to learn from him in September.
SEPTEMBER’S AAASP COACHING CLINIC is scheduled for Friday, September 19th.
** Open to all current AAASP Coaches
In the interim, learn more about Coach Lykins and his background, courtesy of Team USA Wheelchair Basketball’s 2025 National Team Staff below:
Ron Lykins – 2025 Men’s National Team Staff – Assistant Coach
Lykins returns to the U.S. National Team bench as the winningest international coach in NWBA history, having won gold in four Paralympic Games (2004 and 2008 with the U.S. Women’s team, and 2016 and 2020 with the U.S. Men’s team) and silver in one Paralympic Games (1992 with the U.S. Women’s team).
First appointed head coach of the U.S. Women’s National Wheelchair Basketball Team in 1990, Lykins has coached in 17 international competitions, reaching the gold-medal games in all of them and bringing home the top podium finish in 12 of those events. On top of these accolades, Lykins is the first head coach to win Paralympic gold medals with both the U.S. Men’s and U.S. Women’s National Wheelchair Basketball Teams.
Lykins has coached at every level within the NWBA. He currently coaches in the Intercollegiate Division at the University of Missouri and has also coached at the University of Kentucky and the University of Wisconsin – Whitewater. He has further contributed at the community level with the Atlanta Hawks Wheelchair Basketball Team and the Minnesota Junior Rolling Timberwolves. Lykins’ accomplishments in the sport of wheelchair basketball were recently highlighted when he was inducted into the 2018 class of the NWBA Hall of Fame. He was also inducted into the Missouri Sports Hall of Fame in 2022.
A graduate of the University of Kentucky, Lykins holds a bachelor’s degree in Community Recreation, a Master of Science degree in Therapeutic Recreation, and a Master of Education degree from the University of Missouri.
For more on Coach Lykins, visit:
- Ron Lykins – Missouri Sports Hall of Fame
- Ron Lykins – NWBA Site
- Team USA | Ron Lykins, Coach Of Four Wheelchair Hoops Gold-Medal Teams, Retires From Team USA (2021 article)
- Wheelchair Basketball’s next power move – University of Missouri