Mia Marinakis joined the Hawks coaching staff as an assistant coach in September 2024.
Marinakis makes her way to West Long Branch as Royer's full-time assistant coach after a two-year stint as a graduate assistant on Canisius's staff. In both 2023 and 2024, Marinakis helped guide Canisius to back-to-back appearances in the MAAC championship game. The Southern California native played from 2018-2022 with stops at Cal State Fullerton and Middle Tennessee State. In the circle as a sophomore at MTSU, Marinakis finished inside top 10 for strikeouts in Conference-USA. A member of the Greek National Team from 2017-19, Marinakis graduated from Middle Tennessee State in 2022 with a bachelor's degree in special education, and then completed a master's degree in physical education from Canisius in 2024.
