Bio

Mario Gaetano's tenure with the Gee-Gees began in 2007-08 season and stretches for a consecutive 14-year span. He is the program's longest serving assistant coach, at times serving as the associate head coach, and has helped the program during its most successful era. With Gaetano on the bench, the team has earned six national championship appearances with two medals, one OUA Championship win, four OUA silver medals, and an OUA bronze medal.

An Ottawa native, Gaetano has also coached both men's and women's senior high school basketball teams. Since 2001, he has won seven NCSSAA city championships and has medalled three times at the OFSAA championships, amassing two silver medals and one bronze. He won the NCSSAA coaching award for the 2008-09 season and also won the director of education commendation award that same year. Prior to his start with the Gee-Gees, he spent four years as an assistant coach with Carleton University’s women’s basketball team. 

Gaetano also teaches at St. Peter High School as a job coach. He works closely with co-operative education and student services, offering academic support for all high school subjects and helping young adolescents achieve employability skills via various community work placements. Gaetano obtained a BA in law and sociology with a concentration in criminology at Carleton University in 1985.