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John Audino (born June 5, 1953) is an American football coach and former player. He is the tight ends coach and passing game coordinator at Columbia University. Audino served as the head football coach at Kean University from 1990 to 1992 and at Union College in Schenectady, New York from 1992 to 2015. Audino guided the Union Dutchmen to six Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC) Northwest Championship titles and four Liberty League titles.
Audino attended the University of Notre Dame and played on the football team as a running back. He received his undergraduate degree in 1975. Audino then pursued a master's degree at the University of Albany. While there, he worked under head coach Bob Ford as the Great Danes' special teams coordinator.
Audino then spent the next 13 years as an assistant coach at four different universities until he landed his first head coaching job at Kean University in Union, New Jersey in 1990. He only stayed for two seasons, compiling an 8–12 record, before accepting the newly-vacant head coaching position at Union.
Head coaching record
Football
| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kean Cougars (New Jersey Athletic Conference) (1990–1991) | |||||||||
| 1990 | Kean | 5–5 | 3–3 | T–4th | |||||
| 1991 | Kean | 3–7 | 1–5 | 6th | |||||
| Kean: | 8–12 | 4–8 | |||||||
| Union Dutchmen (Liberty League) (1992–2015) | |||||||||
| 1992 | Union | 6–3 | |||||||
| 1993 | Union | 9–1 | L NCAA Division III First Round | ||||||
| 1994 | Union | 8–2 | W ECAC Northwest Championship | ||||||
| 1995 | Union | 9–2 | L NCAA Division III Second Round | ||||||
| 1996 | Union | 9–1 | W ECAC Northwest Championship | ||||||
| 1997 | Union | 7–2 | |||||||
| 1998 | Union | 6–3 | |||||||
| 1999 | Union | 9–2 | W ECAC Northwest Championship | ||||||
| 2000 | Union | 9–2 | L NCAA Division III First Round | ||||||
| 2001 | Union | 9–2 | W ECAC Northwest Championship | ||||||
| 2002 | Union | 5–5 | |||||||
| 2003 | Union | 5–5 | 2–2 | T–3rd | |||||
| 2004 | Union | 6–3 | 6–1 | 2nd | |||||
| 2005 | Union | 11–1 | 7–0 | 1st | L NCAA Division III Second Round | ||||
| 2006 | Union | 7–3 | 5–1 | 1st | L NCAA Division III First Round | ||||
| 2007 | Union | 5–5 | 5–2 | T–2nd | L ECAC Upstate Championship | ||||
| 2008 | Union | 5–4 | 4–3 | T–3rd | |||||
| 2009 | Union | 8–3 | 6–1 | T–1st | W ECAC Northwest Bowl Championship | ||||
| 2010 | Union | 2–7 | 2–4 | 6th | |||||
| 2011 | Union | 6–4 | 5–1 | T–1st | |||||
| 2012 | Union | 6–4 | 6–1 | 2nd | |||||
| 2013 | Union | 3–7 | 3–4 | 5th | |||||
| 2014 | Union | 2–8 | 2–5 | 7th | |||||
| 2015 | Union | 0–10 | 0–7 | 8th | |||||
| Union: | 152–89 | ||||||||
| Total: | 160–101 | ||||||||
| National championship Conference title Conference division title | |||||||||