Menechino played baseball at Susan E. Wagner High School in New York.

[3] Hitting 12 home runs and driving in 60 runs, his best year came in 2001 with the Oakland Athletics, In early 2006, Menechino signed a minor league contract with the Cincinnati Reds, but did not make the Major League team out of spring training.

On August 17, 2006, Menechino signed a minor league contract with the New York Yankees and was sent to the Triple-A Columbus Clippers where he was a utility man.

[citation needed] On December 22, 2008, Menechino was hired to become the new hitting coach for the New York Yankees' Double-A affiliate, the Trenton Thunder.

[7] The Chicago White Sox hired Menechino to be the hitting coach of their Triple-A Affiliate, the Charlotte Knights, for the 2019 season.