Background
Diorio was born in Youngstown, Ohio, in 1962.
Diorio was born in Youngstown, Ohio, in 1962.
He played college football for the from 1980 to 1983 as an offensive guard. He later played professional football in Italy and appeared in two games for the Detroit Lions of the National Football League (NFL) as a replacement player and tight end during the 1987 NFL strike. He played football there at Cardinal Mooney High School.
Diorio enrolled at the in 1980 and played football under head football coach Bo Schembechler from 1980 to 1983.
While playing at Michigan, Diorio was 6 feet, 4 inches tall and weighed 235 pounds. He started four games at right guard for the 1981 Michigan Wolverines football team and six games at the same position for the 1982 team
Diorio started all 12 games at left guard for the 1983 Michigan Wolverines football team that finished the season with a 9-3 record and ranked Number. 8 in the final Associated Press poll and Number.
9 in the final United Press International poll.
In January 1984, Diorio played in the East-West Shrine Game at Stanford Stadium in Palo Alto, California. After graduating from Michigan, Diorio was undrafted in the 1984 NFL Draft. In 1987, Diorio appeared in two games in the National Football League (NFL) as a replacement player and tight end with the Detroit Lions during the 1987 NFL strike.
From 2004 to 2008, Diorio was the head football coach at Wayland Union High School in Wayland, Michigan.
In 2009, he became an assistant football coach at Byron Center High School in Byron Center, Michigan.
He was also selected as a second-team All-Big Ten guard by the Associated Press, and a first-team member of the 1983 Big Ten All-Academic football team