Bio

Ron Garlinger grew up in Marengo, Ohio and attended high school at Highland before touring Europe in the mid 1970's as a musician for the United States All-American Band. 

Coach Ron’s daughter Amber Brubaker has served alongside him since 2004 where they started a high school bowling program at Highland (Sparta). The pair joined MVNU and have led the Cougars since the program’s inception in 2018. In their time together they have achieved numerous conference championships, district qualifiers, tournaments hosted, and many match victories. In the summer of 2022 he completed and earned his USBC Silver Coaching certificate. 

To this day Coach Ron enjoys playing music with his children, Amber and Adam. He has been married to his wife Teresa since June 1977. He relaxes by making pens and sharing them with others. He also enjoys camping, golfing, and getting outdoors as often as possible.