| Mike Fazio | |
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| Head Coach - Cross Country | |
| First Year | |
| mfazio@mercy.edu | |
| 914-674-7220 | |
Michael Fazio was named the head coach of the
Mercy College cross country program in January 2010. Fazio is also
in his second season as the assistant coach of the Mavericks'
women's softball team.
Fazio comes to Mercy College with over 25 years of softball
coaching experience. Fazio's most recent position was at Joel
Barlow High School (Redding, Conn.) where he was a varsity girls
assistant softball coach. At Barlow he was responsible for running
practices, assisting in strategic in-game decisions, recruiting and
scheduling.
From 1996-2007, Fazio was the assistant coach at Danbury High
School in Danbury, Conn. where he helped guide the Hatters to nine
postseason appearances and twice reached the semi-finals in the
Fairfield County Interscholastic Athletic Conference (FCIAC). He
also was an assistant coach in Danbury's varsity girls basketball
program.
Fazio has had success on travel tournament teams as well. He
coached the U-14 Danbury Debs into the U-14 Pony National
Tournament, guided the U-23 Danbury Debs to several tournament
championships, and took the U-18 Western Connecticut Firebirds to
two national tournament appearances. He also coached in the Danbury
Women's Fast Pitch Softball League and captured a division or
tournament championship in all but one season from 1980-1991.
He received his bachelor's degree in business administration from
Iona College.
Fazio was a member of the track & field team for the Mount Vernon High School Knights in Mount Vernon, N.Y.
Fazio currently resides in Danbury, Conn., with his wife Carol.
| Jonathan Feinstein | |
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| Head Coach - Track & Field | |
| First Year | |
| jfeinstein@mercy.edu | |
| 914-674-7220 | |
Jonathan Feinstein took over the men's and women's track &
field program in the winter of 2009. Feinstein also just completed
his first fall as the head women's soccer coach at Mercy
College.
Feinstein's background includes stops at the collegiate, high
school and club levels. Most recently, he was named the first
Director of Coaching for the Rivertowns Soccer Club in the summer
of 2008. He worked with the club for six years, coaching the
Rivertowns Wizards to an undefeated season in the first division of
the Girls U15 and directed the program into the Eastern New York
Premier League the next year. Feinstein also served as the head
coach for the Westchester Select U14/U15 girls team in 2004.
Feinstein's last collegiate post was as the head men's soccer
coach at the College of Mount Saint Vincent in 2007, after serving
as a men's assistant at Saint Peter's College (NJ), a NCAA Division
I program, for the previous two campaigns.
Prior to his position at Saint Peter's, Feinstein was an assistant
coach at his alma mater Manhattanville College with the men's
program from 2003-04. He also served there as the interim head
coach in 2003, and helped lead the Valiants to a pair of Skyline
Conference Tournament appearances during his tenure.
Feinstein has also previously coached the girls varsity program at
nearby Hastings-on-Hudson High School. He holds a United States
Soccer Federation "B" Coaching License.
Feinstein is a 2003 graduate of Manhattanville with a Bachelor of
Arts in history. He went on to receive his master's degree in
liberal arts from Manhattanville in 2004. Feinstein was a standout
for the Valiants from 1999-2002, earning a pair of All-Conference
honors.
