Prior to his time in Canada, Salerno served as the head coach for the Vermont Frost Heaves (Barre, VT) of the now defunct Premier Basketball League.
He directed the Solons' varsity boys' team for two seasons and most notably led them to a Division II Final Four in 2009.
[1] Heading into the inaugural 2011–12 season of the National Basketball League of Canada (NBL), Salerno landed a coaching job with the Summerside Storm.
"[4] In 2017, Salerno left the Storm to become the head coach and general manager is player operations of the new Moncton Magic.
[citation needed] At 38 years old, Salerno entered his 11th season as a head coach at the professional level, after spending the previous nine in the National Basketball League of Canada.
He is the only coach that has been in the NBL Canada since the league’s inception back in 2011, spending his first 6 seasons with the Island Storm before signing with the Moncton Magic in the summer of 2017.