Coach Lawson’s 1969 – 70 and 1970 – 71 teams won 61 out of 62 games
1970 – 1971 team won a city record 55 straight victories, ending the season with a #3 National Ranking
Named Tennessee Coach of the Year in 1970 – 71
Nominated for US High School Coach of the Year from Tennessee in 1970
Coached the 1970 Tennessee West All-Stars to a 62 – 57 victory over the East All-Stars
5 players from Lawson’s 1971 State Championship team were awarded college scholarships
Lawson was a high-school All-American at Pearl High School in Nashville (1958 – 1959)
Lawson’s Pearl High teams compiled a 69 – 4 record over his career
Biggest win as high school coach was the night Cameron beat Pearl High School (Lawson’s alma mater) to end a 52-game winning streak, one of the longest in prep school history
Played basketball at UCLA under legendary coach John Wooden
Played on UCLA Freshman basketball team under Coach Jerry Norman and former University of Louisville coaching legend Denny Crum
Coach Lawson served as head men’s basketball coach at Fisk University (1971 – 1979) and is the all-time winningest coach percentage-wise, winning 67% of his games
75% of Lawson’s Fisk players graduated
Named City College Coach of the Year and SIAC Coach of the Year in 1974
A scholarship is named after him at Fisk University
Played semi-professional basketball for the Harlem Magicians and the Nashville Shamrocks
2002 Nominee for Tennessee Sports Hall of Fame
2002 Nominee O’Charley’s Lifetime Achievement Award
The Cameron Middle School gymnasium is named the “Ronald Lawson, Sr. Gymnasium of Champions” in his honor