Christie Serino Jr. (August 1, 1949 – October 15, 2012) was an American

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who worked for various

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programs over a 32-year span. His career peaked as the head coach for Merrimack for seven seasons.

Career

Serino started his coaching career with Saugus High School in his home town of Saugus, Massachusetts, heading the program for seven seasons. In 1988 he became the bench boss for Northfield Mount Hermon School and remained there for three years before he accepted an offer to become an assistant coach at

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under Dick Umile. Serino served in that capacity until 1998 when he became the head coach for Merrimack. When he took over the program the Warriors had not had a winning season since joining

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and during his entire 7-year tenure that trend continued. Merrimack never finished above 7th place in the conference and lost every Hockey East tournament game they played. In his final season Serino had by far his worst record, going 1–22–1 in the conference and missing the tournament. Unconfirmed reports at the time asserted that the players on the team had asked Serino to resign as head coach, which he did do after the season, but not before he accepted a move back to the High School ranks, this time at Malden Catholic. Serino remained the head coach for Malden until his death in 2012 as a result of throat cancer, a disease he had been diagnosed with in 2001.

Head coaching record

College ice hockey

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Serino, Chris 1949 births 2012 deaths American ice hockey coaches Deaths from throat cancer Merrimack Warriors men's ice hockey coaches New Hampshire Wildcats baseball coaches New Hampshire Wildcats men's ice hockey coaches High school ice hockey coaches in the United States Sportspeople from Saugus, Massachusetts Ice hockey people from Essex County, Massachusetts