Head Coach
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Head Coach
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Overall |
Conference |
| 2026 |
Pending |
Pending |
| TOTALS |
Pending |
Pending |
| # - ECC Playoff |
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James Mardikos
Assistant Coach
Phone: (718) 982-3171
Email: james.mardikos@csi.cuny.edu
Former CSI pitcher and standout James Mardikos became a new addition to the Dolphins staff in January of 2018. The accomplished four-year star is making his first foray into collegiate coaching, bringing a wealth of experience to the table.
Mardikos' coaching experience is extensive, but the former southpaw pitcher made his mark best in a Dolphins uniform from 2008-11. His 12 career wins put him 9th all-time at the College while his 131 career strikeouts were good for 8th all-time. The team collected three CUNYAC Championships during his four-year career,and he was a part of CSI's best-ever 31-win season in 2010.
Alongside his experience on the diamond, centered on the mound, Mardikos was also a Prospects Coach with the New York Dynasty, where he served as the Pitching Coach in 2012 with the Under-16 travel squad and then as a Head Coach with the 18-under unit from 2013-15. There he was a part of multiple tournament appearances in New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and North Carolina. Mardikos is also heavily versed in day-to-day operations at CSI, formerly serving as a Gameday Sports Information Assistant and and as a weekend Building Supervisor at the campus' Sports & Recreation Center.
The baseball field is where Mardikos has always found himself, and he hopes to incorporate his experience into the current crop of student-athletes the Dolphins boast.
Thomas Laino
Assistant Coach / Recruiting Coordinator
Phone: (718) 982-3171
Email: thomas.laino@csi.cuny.edu
Laino joined the Dolphins as Assistant Coach and Recruiting Coordinator during the 2023 season, but he is no stranger to the Baseball scene in New York. A graduate of Saint Joseph by the Sea High School, Laino was a Newsday and New York Post All-Star in 2001 and named a Staten Island Advance All-Star Honorable Mention that same year. In 2002, he was named to the Newsday 2nd Team before moving on to join the Wagner College Baseball Team. He spent two years at Wagner College before departing to start a family, and soon after, he began coaching.
His first coaching stop was in 2004 at Saint Peters High School under Jon Lamattina where he served as an instructor for hitters and catchers. Later that same year, he returned to Saint Joseph by the Sea under Coach Gordon Rugg and served as an instructor for the team's pitchers and catchers. In 2007, Laino took over practice planning and scheduling, 3rd base coaching duties and defensive strategy for the team. Three years later in 2010, he was a part of a CHSAA City Championship-winning team for the first time. Laino remained on the staff in 2016 when Ken Rigatti took over head coaching duties, and he continued to carry out his previous responsibilities. He then spent another two years as an Assistant Coach with Nelson Ortiz before departing for CSI ahead of the 2023 season.
Outside of coaching, Laino served as a Board of Director and Major League Director at East Shore Little League from 2008 until 2019. Here he also worked as a roving instructor for hitters and coordinated defensive strategy at the little league. Laino also continues to be a guest speaker and instructor at camps and clinics throughout the New York and New Jersey area. Lastly, he serves as a director for the Metro United Baseball League that selects the best Staten Island baseball players to compete in an annual All-Star game.
Laino was born and raised in the Staten Island neighborhood of Rosebank. He is married to his wife Andrea with four kids, TJ, Nicolette, Bobby, and Taylor.
Saverio Nardone
Pitching Coach / Assistant Coach
Phone: (718) 982-3171
Email:
Saverio Nardone joined the Baseball coaching staff in the fall of 2024 and brings with him a great deal of experience at several different levels. With over a decade experience coaching in the NYC High School and travel circuit, as well as Collegiate Summer Baseball in the Tri-State, he possesses great insight into the landscape of the game throughout New York City and the rest of the tri-state area.
His accolades include the first-ever NYC City Championship for Midwood High School in 2016. He has also been named NYSWAA & MSG Varsity Coach HS of the year, and in 2017, he was named named ABCA Rawlings Regional High School Coach of the Year. This came on the heels leading Midwood High School to the program's first ever Monroe Tournament Championship and second ever Brooklyn Division title. In 2023, he would go on to became the winningest coach in the program's history. Currently, he is the Head Coach of the Gamers in ABCCL, NJ and has led the team to three consecutive winning seasons & semi final appearances.
Nardone joins the CSI coaching staff as an assistant who will provide the team support in the area of strength and conditioning. His vast experience and long history of success at several different stops throughout his career will certainly help bolster a program that is looking to establish long-term success at the NCAA Division II level.
Bob Ste
ele
Assistant Coach
(1935-2022)
A coaching veteran for over six decades, Steele joined on to the team as a volunteer assistant with Head Coach Michael Mauro in 2009, a position he held until his passing in 2022.
Steele coached baseball for nearly all of his adult life, having spent a majority of time with the baseball program at Staten Island's Mckee / Staten Island Technical High School, where he doubled as the school's Athletic Director for 42 years. Coach Steele was Coach Mauro's high school coach from 1983-1987.
Steele was given the Sportsmanship Award by the Warren Jacques Committee in 1975, the Staten Island Advance Service Award in 1979, and took home Sportsman of the Year honors from the Advance in 2002.
In 2018, Steele was inducted into the Staten Island Sports Hall of Fame, and in June of 2021, McKee/Staten Island Tech named their baseball field after him. Steele's contributions to the Staten Island community extended far beyond the baseball diamond as he served as both coach and mentor to countless student-athletes at the high school and collegiate level.
A plaque dedicated to Steele's memory was affixed to the final booth in the baseball press box during the 2022 season. During his tenure as assistant coach, he could always be found taking in the action and keeping the game's official scorecard in the booth that now bears his name.
