Michigan State Board of Trustee Member / Former Michigan State Athletics Director and head football coach George Perles:
“Ron Mason was a super friend. I can’t say enough about him – we all loved him. Loyalty was his bottom line; everything he did was about loyalty. He treated his players like they were his own sons. They played as hard as they could for him because they had so much respect for him. He was a remarkable coach, but even with that said, a great father.
“Ron took the hockey program and made it nationally prominent.