Ronan Hall of Fame: Distinguished Coach Marilynn Tanner
Marilynn Tanner, Distinguished Coach
Longtime coach, teacher and school administrator Marilynn Tanner is among the 2023 inductees into the School District 30/Ronan Community Hall of Fame.
Originally from Corvallis, Tanner came to School District 30 in 1969 as a first-year social studies teacher. Almost immediately she became involved in the resurrection of high school girls’ athletics in Ronan.
Girls attending Ronan had competed in basketball in the 1920s, 30s and early 40s, but World War II ended the competition. Marilynn, with assistance from Dave Edington and Joe McDonald, saw a need to provide girls with the opportunity to compete in athletics and promoted the development of basketball and track and field programs in Ronan in the late 1960s and early 1970s.
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