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Bio

The 1973 Tampa graduate came to Massachusetts Maritime Academy as an assistant to former Boston Celtics head trainer Joe DeLauri in the mid-1970s and, after a brief stint at Harvard working with former Celtics star Tom "Satch" Sanders, took over as full-time head trainer for the Buccaneers in 1980. He stayed at the Buzzards Bay campus until his retirement in 2012. Folino, a longtime resident of Bourne, Mass., was one of the most respected individuals, both as a trainer and athletics administrator, throughout his tenure at the Academy, as he provided athletic health care for thousands of student-athletes and served in many roles in athletic training professional development organizations over the years.  Folino also helped create a lasting bond between many alumni and the Academy, and in his later role as a fundraising officer for the Department of Athletics, he was instrumental in securing the corporate sponsorship for Massachusetts Maritime’s Able Engineering Media Center.