John Carroll University Men's Swimming

Fino begins his third season as the head coach of the men's and women's swimming & diving program at John Carroll University. Fino comes to John Carroll after guiding the Oberlin College swimming program for the better part of the past decade. "Mark believes in the mission and culture of John Carroll, and I am confident he will be a good fit," said Laurie Massa. "He has worked hard to develop the programs and swimmers at Oberlin, and we expect him to build upon the great tradition of JCU swimming and diving." Fino put his stamp on the historically successful John Carroll swimming & diving program in his first two seasons. Nick Holvey qualified for the 2014 NCAA Division III National Championship. The Blue Streaks had 11 OAC champions, 26 All-OAC performances, set 12 school records, two OAC records and recorded four NCAA B-cuts. After a successful collegiate competitive career at Kalamazoo College, where he lettered four times and was a member of four league championship teams (1999-2002), Fino landed as an assistant coach at Oberlin in 2002. He was elevated to the position of head women's coach in 2004, and then was tabbed to lead both the men's and women's programs beginning in 2006. Over the course of his tenure, Fino became the all-time leader in career dual meet wins in women's swimming & diving at Oberlin, establishing program high water marks for best finish and most points scored at the North Coast Athletic Conference Championships. Both the Yeomen and Yeowomen rewrote over 70 school records since Fino took over the programs, and in five of the last six years, he has had at least one student-athlete achieve an NCAA qualifying time or score Fino has proven equally adept at recruiting student-athletes with talent in the classroom. In 2010, his men's team held the highest GPA in the country of any swimming & diving team, and his teams were recognized as All-Academic by the College Swim Coaches Association of America (CSCAA) every year he had been at Oberlin. "I am very excited to begin a new chapter at John Carroll University," said Fino, who becomes the fifth full-time men's coach and sixth full-time women's coach in the history of the programs at John Carroll. "My teams will passionately pursue excellence in the pool and the classroom while rooted in the Jesuit tradition of compassion and understanding. In this pursuit, we will bring the OAC championship back to University Heights while teaching our athletes to be men and women for others. Furthermore, I am excited to join a campus that is committed to the development of the whole person, physical, intellectual, emotional, and spiritual." By accepting the position at John Carroll, Fino returns to his Jesuit education roots as he was a 1998 graduate of the University of Detroit Jesuit High School in Michigan. Mark Fino Head Coach Mark Fino begins his third season as the head coach of the men's and women's swimming & diving program at John Carroll University. Fino comes to John Carroll after guiding the Oberlin College swimming program for the better part of the past decade. "Mark believes in the mission and culture of John Carroll, and I am confident he will be a good fit," said Laurie Massa. "He has worked hard to develop the programs and swimmers at Oberlin, and we expect him to build upon the great tradition of JCU swimming and diving." Fino put his stamp on the historically successful John Carroll swimming & diving program in his first two seasons. Nick Holvey qualified for the 2014 NCAA Division III National Championship. The Blue Streaks had 11 OAC champions, 26 All-OAC performances, set 12 school records, two OAC records and recorded four NCAA B-cuts. After a successful collegiate competitive career at Kalamazoo College, where he lettered four times and was a member of four league championship teams (1999-2002), Fino landed as an assistant coach at Oberlin in 2002. He was elevated to the position of head women's coach in 2004, and then was tabbed to lead both the men's and women's programs beginning in 2006. Over the course of his tenure, Fino became the all-time leader in career dual meet wins in women's swimming & diving at Oberlin, establishing program high water marks for best finish and most points scored at the North Coast Athletic Conference Championships. Both the Yeomen and Yeowomen rewrote over 70 school records since Fino took over the programs, and in five of the last six years, he has had at least one student-athlete achieve an NCAA qualifying time or score Fino has proven equally adept at recruiting student-athletes with talent in the classroom. In 2010, his men's team held the highest GPA in the country of any swimming & diving team, and his teams were recognized as All-Academic by the College Swim Coaches Association of America (CSCAA) every year he had been at Oberlin. "I am very excited to begin a new chapter at John Carroll University," said Fino, who becomes the fifth full-time men's coach and sixth full-time women's coach in the history of the programs at John Carroll. "My teams will passionately pursue excellence in the pool and the classroom while rooted in the Jesuit tradition of compassion and understanding. In this pursuit, we will bring the OAC championship back to University Heights while teaching our athletes to be men and women for others. Furthermore, I am excited to join a campus that is committed to the development of the whole person, physical, intellectual, emotional, and spiritual." By accepting the position at John Carroll, Fino returns to his Jesuit education roots as he was a 1998 graduate of the University of Detroit Jesuit High School in Michigan.

Fellinger, a man with impressive credentials in his sport. In his career as a coach with Case Western Reserve University and John Carroll, Fellinger can take credit for six NCAA national qualifiers, a total of eight All-American awards and Stephanie Turner's national championship on the 3-meter board in 2000. He is also a six-time Ohio Athletic Conference Diving Coach of the Year (1999, 2000, 2001, 2002 and 2003). In 2008 and 2016, he along with the other members of the Blue Streaks' women's coaching staff were named Coaching Staff of the Year. In addition to the collegiate ranks, Fellinger is also involved with the Ohio High School Athletic Association (OHSAA) and United States Diving. As the founder of North Coast Diving, Fellinger has guided 14 Junior national qualifiers and four Senior national qualifiers. One of Fellinger's greatest honors was to serve as the Director of Athlete Services for the 1996 Summer Olympic Games in Atlanta, Georgia. More recently, he has served as the National Diving Coach for Uruguay in both 1998 and 1999, and coached an athlete in the 1999 Pan American Games. Fellinger is a 1992 graduate of Babson College and was team captain and a national qualifier for the school's diving team. He was also an eight-time All-New England honoree.

Schuman is now in his third year of coaching with the John Carroll University swimming and diving program.  It will be his first as an assistant coach after spending the previous two as a graduate assistant.   At Kalamazoo, Schumans senior individualized project focused on swimming and the benefits of video analysis. He built a cart to take simultaneous above and below water footage of swimmers at practice and was then able to analyze the techniques of the swimmers.   The 4-year letterman at Kalamazoo was a member of three conference championship teams. He was a member of the MIAA Academic Honor Roll.   In high school, Schuman qualified for the state championship in the 100 breaststroke and was a member of two conference championship teams at Livonia Stevenson High School.   Schuman graduated from Kalamazoo College with a major in physics and a minor in mathematics. He will be pursuing an AYA Physics Master of Education degree at John Carroll.