Ron Rhodes was inducted into the Missouri Basketball Coaches Association Hall of Fame in 2015. Rhodes led his girls basketball teams at Cleveland High School of St. Louis (1982-83) and DeSoto High School (1987-88 and 1988-89) to Missouri state championships. He was women’s basketball head coach at Moberly Area Community College when the Lady Greyhounds (32-4) placed fifth at the 1983-84 NJCAA Division I National Tournament.

Rhodes also was women’s basketball head coach at Jefferson College from 1995-2002, posting three 30-win seasons, two NJCAA National Women’s Basketball Tournament appearances and multiple Missouri Community College Athletic Conference titles. Most recently, Rhodes has led the girls basketball programs at DeSoto (2002-09), Festus (2013-15) and Climax Springs (2019-21) high schools; in 2021, Climax Springs won a district championship.