Jim Catanzaro
| Current position | |
|---|---|
| Title | Assistant Vice-President athletic director & head coach |
| Team | Lake Forest |
| Conference | MWC |
| Record | 99–57 |
| Biographical details | |
| Born | c. 1978 (age 46–47) Rome, New York, U.S. |
| Alma mater | Greenville University (2000) West Virginia University (2002) Wingate University Liberty University (2022) |
| Playing career | |
| Football | |
| 1996, 1998–1999 | Greenville |
| Basketball | |
| 1997–2000 | Greenville |
| Tennis | |
| 1997–1999 | Greenville |
| Soccer | |
| 1997c. Late 1990s | Greenville |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| Football | |
| 2000–2002 | Glenville State (DL/RC/S&C) |
| 2003–2005 | Wingate (DL/S&C) |
| 2006–2008 | Lake Forest (DC) |
| 2009–present | Lake Forest |
| Men's lacrosse | |
| 2007–2011 | Lake Forest |
| Women's lacrosse | |
| 2012–2014 | Lake Forest |
| Administrative career (AD unless noted) | |
| 2019–2021 | Lake Forest (assistant AD) |
| 2021–2022 | Lake Forest |
| 2022–2025 | Lake Forest (assoc. AD) |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 99–57 (football) |
| Tournaments | 0–3 (NCAA D-III playoffs) |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
| Football 4 MWC (2012, 2021–2022, 2024) | |
| Awards | |
| Football 3× MWC Coach of the Year (2012, 2021, 2024) | |
Jim Catanzaro (born c. 1978) is an American college football coach. He is an Assistant Vice-President athletic director and head football coach for Lake Forest College, positions he has held since 2025 and 2009 respectively.[1] He also coached for Glenville State and Wingate.[2][3] He played college football, basketball, tennis, and soccer for Greenville.[4]
Catanzaro served as the athletic director for Lake Forest from 2021 to 2022.[5] He also began the school's men and women's lacrosse teams.
Head coaching record
Football
| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | D3# | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lake Forest Foresters (Midwest Conference) (2009–present) | |||||||||
| 2009 | Lake Forest | 2–8 | 2–7 | T–7th | |||||
| 2010 | Lake Forest | 2–8 | 2–7 | T–8th | |||||
| 2011 | Lake Forest | 3–7 | 3–6 | 7th | |||||
| 2012 | Lake Forest | 8–2 | 8–1 | T–1st | |||||
| 2013 | Lake Forest | 8–2 | 7–2 | T–2nd | |||||
| 2014 | Lake Forest | 4–6 | 2–3 | 4th (South) | |||||
| 2015 | Lake Forest | 4–6 | 3–2 | T–2nd (South) | |||||
| 2016 | Lake Forest | 8–2 | 6–2 | T–3rd | |||||
| 2017 | Lake Forest | 8–2 | 4–1 | 2nd (South) | |||||
| 2018 | Lake Forest | 6–4 | 4–1 | 2nd (South) | |||||
| 2019 | Lake Forest | 7–3 | 4–1 | 2nd (North) | |||||
| 2020–21 | Lake Forest | 3–0 | 0–0 | N/A | |||||
| 2021 | Lake Forest | 10–1 | 9–0 | 1st | L NCAA Division III First Round | 23 | |||
| 2022 | Lake Forest | 9–2 | 8–1 | T–1st | L NCAA Division III First Round | ||||
| 2023 | Lake Forest | 7–3 | 6–3 | T–3rd | |||||
| 2024 | Lake Forest | 10–1 | 9–0 | 1st | L NCAA Division III Second Round | ||||
| 2025 | Lake Forest | 0–0 | 0–0 | ||||||
| Lake Forest: | 99–57 | 77–37 | |||||||
| Total: | 99–57 | ||||||||
| National championship Conference title Conference division title or championship game berth | |||||||||
References
- ^ "Catanzaro excited about first head coaching job". Daily Sentinel. April 24, 2009. p. 11. Retrieved February 3, 2025.
- ^ Dewan, Todd (June 10, 2006). "Rome's Catanzaro ready for new coaching challenge". Daily Sentinel. p. 9. Retrieved February 3, 2025.
- ^ "RFA grad to coordinator defense at Lake Forest". Daily Sentinel. February 14, 2006. p. 15. Retrieved February 3, 2025.
- ^ "Catanzaro makes 25 tackles in first year". Daily Sentinel. January 18, 1997. p. 13. Retrieved February 3, 2025.
- ^ "Jim Catanzaro Named Lake Forest College's Director of Athletics". Midwest Conference. June 22, 2021. Retrieved February 3, 2025.
- ^ "NCAA Statistics; Coach; Jim Catanzaro". National Collegiate Athletic Association. Retrieved February 3, 2025.