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Recruiting Areas:
• North Carolina (Eastern), Maryland, Washington D.C. and Ohio (Ohio River Area / Cincinnati)
Andy Marino will begin his fourth year as a member of the Elon football coaching staff in 2022, serving as the team's offensive line coach after being hired by head coach Tony Trisciani on Jan. 5, 2019. He was also named recruiting coordinator in June of 2022.
In his first year with the program in 2019, Marino's offensive line protected for Davis Cheek's return from a knee injury that ended his 2018 season and allowed the quarterback to throw for 2,175 yards and 15 touchdowns while completing nearly 58 percent of his passes. The unit also helped Elon rush for 17 touchdowns during the campaign. In the spring of 2020, the offensive line guided the way for the team to rush for 222 yards (6.9 yards per carry) in a win over Davidson.
Developing a young offensive line unit in the fall of 2021, Marino’s group gave up just 21 sacks, despite starting three players with freshman eligibility for the majority of the season. The group provided protection for Elon to have one of the most explosive passing offenses in the country. The unit gelled as the season wore on and allowed the offense to close the year with a season-best 146 yards rushing in a win over No. 25 Rhode Island.
Joining Elon after one season at Harvard, the Crimson finished its 2018 season beating rival Yale 45-27 while going 6-4 on the season with a 4-3 record in Ivy League play. After the season, Harvard had 13 players earn All-Ivy League accolades. Three of those honorees were Marino's offensive linemen in First Team performer Larry Allen and Second Team athletes Tim O'Brien and Liam Shanahan. He also helped coached Aaron Shampklin to become the only back in the league to rush over 1,000 yards while Allen signed a contract as an undrafted free agent with the Dallas Cowboys.
Before joining the Crimson, Marino spent four years at Lehigh working with the offensive line and tight ends from 2014 to 2017 helping the team to back-to-back Patriot League championships in 2016 and 2017 which included a pair of FCS playoff appearances. During the stint, he spent three of those seasons working for Elon's offensive coordinator Drew Folmar. In his last two seasons with the Mountain Hawks, Marino's unit had three athletes earn All-Patriot League honors while paving the way for back-to-back 1,000-yard rushing seasons for running back Dominick Bragalone. In his final season at Lehigh in 2017, Marino's men also helped the team rate as the top passing offense in the conference while seeing Bragalone lead the FCS in rushing and being named the Patriot League Offensive Player of the Year while gathering a first team AP All-American nod.
Prior to joining Lehigh, Marino spent the 2013 season at Widener as assistant head coach, offensive line coach, recruiting coordinator and run game coordinator. The stop came after spending three seasons at Delaware, where he began his time as an offensive graduate assistant before coaching the tight ends and tackles. He also directed the punt team for the Blue Hens. In his first season in Newark, Delaware reached the FCS National Championship game but fell 20-19 to Eastern Washington.
A 2009 graduate of Lycoming College with a degree in History, Marino was a three-year started and two-year captain on the offensive line. In 2008, Marino was a MAC champion in the NCAA Division III National Playoff Qualifier. While at Delaware, Marino added a master's degree in Higher Education Administration in 2012.
Marino's coaching career started when he spent one season as offensive line coach for Trisciani, who was the head coach at the time at Whitehall High School in Pennsylvania.
Marino and his wife, Ashley, reside in Mebane. The couple has a son, Rocco.
What They're Saying...
Trisciani on Marino: "This was a very important hire for us. It was important to me that our offensive line coach have some lineage to Damian Wroblewski and that there would be some consistency in the teaching progression and scheme our players have been learning the last two years. Andy got his start as an offensive line coach working with Coach Wroblewski at Delaware before working with
Drew Folmar at Lehigh. Andy is a proven winner, reaching the national championship game in 2010 and winning the Patriot League title at Lehigh before joining Harvard. He's a hard worker and a great recruiter and we're thrilled to have him on our staff."
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Coaching Experience
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| 2009 |
Offensive Line, Whitehall High School |
| 2010 |
Graduate Assistant, Delaware |
| 2011-12 |
Tight Ends/Tackles, Delaware |
| 2013 |
Assistant Head Coach/Offensive Line/Recruiting Coordinator/Run Game Coordinator, Widener |
| 2014-17 |
Offensive Line/Tight Ends, Lehigh |
| 2018 |
Offensive Line, Harvard |
| 2019-Present |
Offensive Line, Elon |
