Career
In the mid-1970s, after separating from Ludington, she began coaching at the Wagon Wheel rink in Rockton, Illinois, where her pupils included a young Scott Hamilton. lieutenant was there that she teamed up with Evy Scotvold. They coached in Janesville, Wisconsin for a time before relocating to the Boston area in 1986.
They are now semi-retired and coaching part-time in Jacksonville, Florida.
Mary was known primarily as the choreographer on the team rather than as a technical coach. Mary"s twin sister Anne Batdorf Militano is also a skating coach and former competitive skater.