Tony Mariano

Anthony Mariano is an American athletic director for Norwich University. In May 2021 he announced that he would be retiring following the 2021–22 academic year after 30 years in his position.

Tony Mariano

Biographical details
Born	Rome, New York, USA
Alma mater	St. Lawrence University Norwich University
Playing career
1971–1974	St. Lawrence
Position(s)	Forward
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Ice hockey
1974–1975	Norwich (graduate assistant)
1978–1982	Norwich (assistant)
1982–1992	Norwich
Soccer
1975	Norwich (graduate assistant)
1978–1984	Norwich
Administrative career (AD unless noted)
1992–2022	Norwich
Head coaching record
Overall	147–111–9 (.567) [ice hockey]
Tournaments	1–1 (.500)
Accomplishments and honors
Awards
1987 Edward Jeremiah Award

Career

Mariano's college career began at St. Lawrence University where he played for both the ice hockey and soccer teams. He graduated in 1974 with a degree in physical education. He spent the following year attending Norwich University, working as an assistant on the men's ice hockey and soccer teams while earning a master's in education. After graduating in 1975, he returned to Norwich three years later as the soccer team's head coach. He also pulled double duty as an assistant for the ice hockey team. After Don Cahoon left to take over at Princeton, Mariano became the head coach for the ice hockey team as well.

Mariano remained in charge of both programs for two seasons but decided to focus on the ice hockey team after 1984. In 1987, Mariano led Norwich to its first NCAA Tournament appearance and was named the Division III coach of the year. In 1992 he was named as the school's Athletic director and remained in that position for the next 30 years. He was instrumental in bringing in Mike McShane to head the ice hockey team in 1995, a move that bore fruit in the shape of 4 national championships and 17 consecutive conference championships.

Statistics

Regular season and playoffs

				Regular Season						Playoffs
Season	Team	League		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
1971–72	St. Lawrence	ECAC Hockey		26	4	10	14	6		—	—	—	—	—
1972–73	St. Lawrence	ECAC Hockey		28	9	20	29	10		—	—	—	—	—
1973–74	St. Lawrence	ECAC Hockey		26	6	5	11	8		—	—	—	—	—
NCAA totals				80	19	35	54	24		—	—	—	—	—

Head coaching record

Ice Hockey

Statistics overview

Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
Norwich Cadets (ECAC 2) (1982–1985)
1982–83	Norwich	17–10–0	14–7–0	T–6th	ECAC 2 West Quarterfinal
1983–84	Norwich	17–9–0	14–7–0	8th	ECAC 2 East Semifinal
1984–85	Norwich	18–11–0	13–9–0	10th	ECAC East Semifinal
Norwich:		52–30–0	41–23–0
Norwich Cadets (ECAC East) (1985–1988)
1985–86	Norwich	16–11–1	13–8–1	5th	ECAC East Semifinal
1986–87	Norwich	16–12–1	12–8–0	5th	NCAA Quarterfinals
1987–88	Norwich	17–8–0	15–6–0	T–3rd	ECAC East Quarterfinals
1988–89	Norwich	12–12–0	9–11–0	8th
1989–90	Norwich	11–11–4	10–7–4	6th	ECAC East Quarterfinals
1990–91	Norwich	10–16–0	7–15–0	10th
1991–92	Norwich	13–11–3	11–9–3	6th	ECAC East Semifinals
Norwich:		95–81–9	77–64–8
Total:		147–111–9
National champion         Postseason invitational champion         Conference regular season champion         Conference regular season and conference tournament champion       Division regular season champion       Division regular season and conference tournament champion       Conference tournament champion

External links

• Biographical information and career statistics from Eliteprospects.com, or The Internet Hockey Database