The University of Mississippi Athletics
Staff Directory
- Title:
- Head Baseball Strength and Conditioning Coach
- Email:
- Phone:
- 662-915-6643
John Carello is in his fifth season as the head strength and conditioning coach for the Ole Miss baseball team.
Carello joined the Ole Miss Sports Performance staff in August of 2021 as the Assistant Coordinator of Strength and Conditioning for baseball and cheer and dance. During the 2022 National Championship season, Carello was responsible for the implementation of hitter’s programs and the designing of modified player’s programs. He also gave recruits tours of the state-of-the-art baseball training facility and designed offseason Pro Rebs workouts.
Prior to coming to Oxford, Carello was a Strength and Conditioning Intern for the football program at Florida State when he helped implement the program’s summer training during the summer of 2021.
Carello spent the previous season as the head strength coach for baseball and assistant strength coach for football at Kean University. At Kean, he developed workouts for players that focused on strength, endurance, and flexibilty while coordinating meetings with prospective recruits for the program.
During the 2019-20 season, Carello also worked at Caldwell University where he was an assistant strength coach for the softball and women’s basketball programs.
Carello played baseball from 2015-2019 at Kean University. He was named an All-NJAC Honorable Mention during his senior season in which he hit .317 and slugged .381 with 22 RBI. Carello was a career .305 hitter with 73 runs scored and 56 RBI in 114 career games.
Carello graduated from Kean University with his Bachelor’s in Business Management in 2019 and his Master’s in Exercise Science in 2021. He holds CSCS, NSCA, and CPR/AED certifications.
