Mario began coaching at Virginia Wesleyan in August 2004, and is also the head girls' soccer coach at Kellam High School in Virginia Beach, Va. He earned a B.S. in health and physical education from Longwood College in Farmville, Va., with a concentration in teaching and coaching NK-12. Mario holds a United States Soccer Federation license, a National Soccer Coaches Association of America national diploma and advanced diploma and a Premier License from the National Soccer Coaches Association of America.