Mark Notaro begins his third season as head coach of the Golden Griffin baseball team. He also serves as the Director of AmeriCorps, Athletes in Service, at Canisius.
Notaro was a four-year letter winner for the Griffs from 1991-94. He earned All-Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference honors in 1994 as the Griffs went 28-14 overall and 17-1 in league play. Notaro ranks second in all-time games played (161) at Canisius and is third in at-bats (517), hits (147) and doubles (30).
Following his Canisius career, he played one season for the Niagara Falls Mallards of the North Atlantic Baseball League, a professional independent league.
Notaro led the Griffs to an 8-76-1 record in his first two seasons and returns 15 letter winners and five starters from last year's team.
Before becoming the head coach at Canisius, he was a member of the Williamsville East High School coaching staff for eight seasons and served as an assistant coach for the Golden Griffin junior varsity team in 1995. He was also the player/manager for the league champion Lake View Sox of the Buffalo Muny AAA League in 2000.
Notaro owns bachelor's (1995) and master's (1997) degrees in education from Canisius. Mark's parents, Peter and Diana Notaro, and his four brothers, Thomas, Anthony, Peter and Joseph and their families, all live in Buffalo and are great fans and supporters of Canisius baseball.
Mark and his wife, Julie, reside in Lancaster with their daughter, Jessica.
