Bayno grew up in Goshen, New York, where he was an all-county, all-city and Daily News all-star selection in basketball at John S. Burke Catholic High School.
After graduating in 1985, Bayno was invited to rookie camp with the NBA's New York Knicks as a free agent, but did not make the team.
[2] On March 30, 1995, at age 32, Bayno was hired to succeed Tim Grgurich as the men's head coach at UNLV with an annual salary of $600,000.
[5] Bayno had a successful career there, with the Runnin' Rebels earning NCAA Tournament bids in 1998 and 2000, and winning four conference championships.
The allegations focused on the 1996 and 1997 recruitment of Lamar Odom, who the NCAA determined had received $5,400 in cash and improper benefits from David Chapman,[5] a Las Vegas-area dentist[7] and UNLV booster who was also a friend of Bayno.
Although the NCAA's report did not implicate Bayno, and he denied any involvement in or knowledge of the transgressions, he was nonetheless fired by UNLV on December 12, 2000.
[9] The NCAA officially cleared Bayno of any wrongdoing, and he sued the university for money owed him for the balance of the 2000–01 season and the final two years on his contract.
During his one-year stint in the Philippines, Bayno was fined a league-record $6,000 for his public allegations of game-fixing against the four teams that finished at the top of the PBA standings.
[7] Before the 2008–09 college basketball season, Bayno accepted the head coaching position at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles, California.
In January 2009, the Loyola Marymount University athletic department announced that Bayno had resigned from the program due to health issues, and would be replaced by interim coach Max Good.