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Byron Robert
Lerner

Basketball Enthusiast

Roslyn, New York

Byron Robert Lerner has loved basketball since he was a child. A successful businessman, he has combined his love of the game with a host of community service pursuits on Long Island in New York. Mr. Lerner has coached basketball for years, and he served the Roslyn Booster Basketball Club, Inc., from 1982 to 2005. This community-based league consists of more than 1,000 kids from grades 1 through 12 from the East Williston and Roslyn school districts, and the program’s goal is to provide children with basketball coaching that is both fun and competitive. During the summers of 1994 and 1995, Byron Robert Lerner coached the Roslyn High School varsity team.

In addition to his work with the Roslyn Booster Basketball Club, Byron Robert Lerner coached various outside Amateur Athletic Union of the USA, Inc., travel teams and Little League, for which he sat on the Board of Directors. Mr. Lerner also coached travel basketball for Long Island’s Sid Jacobson Jewish Community Center and Catholic Youth Organization (CYO).

Byron Robert Lerner employs his gifts for social good, and to that end supports a number of worthwhile charities. He contributes to the Make-a-Wish Foundation of America and Susan G. Komen for the Cure. In addition to The Salvation Army and the National Council of the United States Society of St. Vincent de Paul, he also gives generously to the Vietnam Veterans of America and The ALS Association.

Aside from his professional and philanthropic activities, Byron Robert Lerner acts as partial owner of three racehorses as part of M&M Syndications.


Byron Robert Lerner's Publications

  • A Brief History of the Amateur Athletic Union with Byron Lerner
    November, 2011
    As a former basketball player and lifelong aficionado, Byron Lerner put the same energy he had on the court into his coaching activities in the Roslyn, New York area. Lerner coached Roslyn Booster Club Basketball for 23 years and coached outside-travel teams through the Amateur Athletic Union (AAU). In this interview, Lerner introduces the AAU and what it has done for amateur sports of all kinds.

    Question 1: What is the history of the AAU?
    Byron Lerner: Dissatisfied members of the National Association of Amateur Athletes of America founded The AAU in 1888 in an effort to create standards and uniformity across all types of sports. Early on, the organization started working with participants to prepare them for international sporting events and competitions.

    Question 2: What does the AAU do for those involved in sports?
    Byron Lerner: The organization offers numerous sports programs to youth and adults of all ages that help prepare them for serious and international competitions like the Olympic Games. The AAU also affords members access to various insurance programs.

    Question 3: How many members does the AAU support?
    Byron Lerner: Some 123 years after starting, the AAU supports nearly half a million participants and over 50,000 volunteers working in 56 districts that each have 34 sports programs. The districts sanction 30,000 events and 250 national championship events.

  • Byron Lerner and the Roslyn Booster Basketball Club
    April, 2012
    For 23 years, Byron Lerner coached at the Roslyn Booster Basketball Club, a co-ed, community based league in Roslyn, New York. Over a thousand children, from elementary school age to high school kids, participate in the league, learning to play basketball from volunteer coaches, such as Byron Lerner, in a fun and competitive setting. The league also provides sport opportunities for disadvantaged children, such as the Shooting Stars program. Shooting Stars pairs children and teens with special needs with peer mentors. The partners then arrange to play basketball together for an hour every Sunday from November to mid-March.

    Despite Byron Lerner’s busy career as a reseller of communications services with International Global Communications, he has never regretted the time he spent as a coach with the organization. People wishing to volunteer with the Roslyn Booster Basketball Club should visit the club’s website at www.roslynboosterbasketball.com and fill out an application.