Staff

John F. Maloney
President 

John Maloney began working in CYO in 1961 with two people: Father Warren Savage and Don Quin. Bishop Joseph McGuire requested that the three of us work in a religious way to build a better CYO. At the time, in 1961, there were 9 teams. Our Lady of Hope, Our Lady of Sacred Heart, Cathedral, Sacred Heart, Saint Thomas of West Springfield, St. Mary's of Longmeadow, Mt. Carmel, Holy Cross and Holy Name. Today, CYO is made up of 22 Catholic Perishes with 3,000 young athletes. John Maloney served in CYO for 51 years and a President of New England CYO for 16 years. He is a graduate of Cathedral High School, Monson Academy, Holyoke Community College, Westfield State, and Springfield College. One of John Maloney's goal in CYO was to bring young ladies into CYO competition. This was accomplished in 1986 and has grown today so that they almost equal the amount of young men that play in CYO. Some of the great women that have come from CYO are Jillian Danker, Shelia Danker, Kristen Kingston, State Representative Cokley Rivera, Felicia Baron, and Bequise Abdual Kadar. CYO is a great game and over the years is John's hope is that he has played a major role in this development. He has been recognized for his work with the in this area by the Hickock Award given by the Basketball Hall Of Fame in Springfield.

Hugo H. Mariani Jr.
Athletic Director 

Hugo Mariani was born in 1953, the youngest child of Rose and Hugo Sr. Mariani. Hugo attended Sumner Avenue School, Forest Park Jr. High School, trade school and attended Middlesex Community College. He played for the South end little league and coached South end Blue's, Big Chief Warriors, and Porter Lakers from 1969-1980. He also coached Ludlow American Legion Baseball from 1980-84. Presently, Hugo is coach, Vice President, and general manager of the Springfield Slam Pro AM basketball team and has been since 2006. The Slam have won four greater Springfield Pro AM championships. Hugo had been a coach, coordinator, athletic director and vice president during his 10 years. He has been a major factor in the growth of CYO basketball in western Mass. He is presently the Vice President of the New England CYO board of directors.

Skip May
Supervisor of Officials

John Boyd
Director of Transportation & Supplies

Tom Callahan
Game Scheduler  

Father Stanley Sokol  
Chaplin  

Atty.  Thomas  J.  Rooke  Esq.  
 

Board of Directors

President: John F. Maloney
CEO: Dave Griffin
Development: Tim Mulcahey
Treasurer: Dr. Gary Gorman
Media Community Relations: Tony Cignoli
Athletic Director: Hugo Mariani
Secretary: Judy Nieves
Education: Tad Tokarz
Board Member: Tony Pettaway
Board Member: Christine Judd
Board Member: Tom Callahan
Board Member: Thomas Kissel