The DeAugustino family has a long history of wrestling success originating in Western Pennsylvania.

Mark S. DeAugustino is the youngest son of Leonard (Gus) and Beverly DeAugustino, brother to Michael and Scott, and wrestling was a part of family life.

His father was the head wrestling coach at North Allegheny High School and began teaching and coaching his sons the sport of wrestling from an early age.

At the age of five, Mark won his first Junior Olympics.

The DeAugustino family holds five individual Pennsylvania State Championships.

After high school, Mark wrestled for Gray Simons at the University of Tennessee, where he was the team captain and a two-time NCAA Division I qualifier. He was voted the Outstanding Wrestler for the Volunteers in 1982, then was a graduate assistant for two years.

Upon completing his degree, he assisted Dan Dugger with coaching at Karns High School in 1984 and helped start a program at Austin East High School in 1987 with Jim Lauderdale.

In 1988, he had the special opportunity to go back to North Allegheny High School and coach alongside his father where they were able to win a national championship.

Mark moved to Florida in 1989, settling in Ft. Myers in 1990. Having a passion for the sport of wrestling, he helped out at Cypress Creek High School. During this time, he met his wife Suzanne and they have three wonderful children together, Nicholas (Niko), Holly, and John.

All three of Mark's children were involved in wrestling throughout their high school years. Niko and John wrestled for their dad and Holly was a team manager . Mark started coaching in Pasco County in 1994 at Land O' Lakes with Ed Goodpaster.

From 1998 to 2017 he was the head coach at Pasco High School, where he coached 86 state qualifiers and 43 state place-winners, along with 12 state finalists and four state champions.

Mark is currently the head wrestling coach at Zephyrhills Christian Academy and has produced eight state qualifiers and three state placers with two State Champions, fifth and sixth state champions respectively, John DeAugustino being the fifth.