DOBBS FERRY, NY - Michael Fazio (Danbury, CT) has been named assistant softball coach at Mercy College, as announced by head coach Jennifer Hastings.

"Mike will be a great asset to our program. Between his softball, sales background and personal contacts he has given our program a much larger network to recruit in," Hastings said. "Mike is completely committed to this program and is willing to do whatever it takes to build a successful program."

Fazio comes to Mercy College with over 25 years of softball coaching experience. Fazio's most recent position was at Joel Barlow High School (Redding, CT) where he was a varsity girls assistant softball coach. At Barlow he was responsible for running practices, assisting in strategic in-game decisions, recruiting and scheduling.

From 1996-2007, Fazio was the assistant coach at Danbury High School in Danbury, CT where he helped guide the Hatters to nine postseason appearances and twice reached the semi-finals in the Fairfield County Interscholastic Athletic Conference (FCIAC). He also was an assistant coach in Danbury's varsity girls basketball program.

Fazio has had success on travel tournament teams as well. He coached the U-14 Danbury Debs into the U-14 Pony National Tournament, guided the U-23 Danbury Debs to several tournament championships, and took the U-18 Western Connecticut Firebirds to two national tournament appearances. He also coached in the Danbury Women's Fast Pitch Softball League and captured a division or tournament championship in all but one season from 1980-1991.

He received his Bachelor's degree in Business Administration from Iona College and is currently employed by GlaxoSmithKline, Inc.

-Provided by Mercy College Sports Information department.