Jim Catanzaro

{{Short description|American football coach (born c. 1978)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}} {{Infobox college coach | name = Jim Catanzaro | image = | alt = | caption = | current_title = Assistant vice-president for athletics & [[head coach]] | current_team = [[Lake Forest Foresters football|Lake Forest]] | current_conference = [[Midwest Conference|MWC]] | current_record = 106–60 | contract = | birth_date = {{Circa|{{Birth year and age|1978}}}} | birth_place = [[Rome, New York]], U.S. | death_date = | death_place = | alma_mater = [[Greenville University]] (2000) [[West Virginia University]] (2002) [[Wingate University]] [[Liberty University]] (2022) | player_sport1 = Football | player_years2 = 1996, 1998–1999 | player_team2 = [[Greenville Panthers football|Greenville]] | player_sport3 = Basketball | player_years4 = 1997–2000 | player_team4 = [[Greenville Panthers men's basketball|Greenville]] | player_sport5 = Tennis | player_years6 = 1997–1999 | player_team6 = [[Greenville Panthers|Greenville]] | player_sport7 = Soccer | player_years8 = 1997{{Circa|Late 1990s}} | player_team8 = [[Greenville Panthers|Greenville]] | player_positions = | coach_sport1 = Football | coach_years2 = 2000–2002 | coach_team2 = [[Glenville State Pioneers football|Glenville State]] (DL/RC/S&C) | coach_years3 = 2003–2005 | coach_team3 = [[Wingate Bulldogs football|Wingate]] (DL/S&C) | coach_years4 = 2006–2008 | coach_team4 = [[Lake Forest Foresters football|Lake Forest]] ([[Defensive coordinator|DC]]) | coach_years5 = 2009–present | coach_team5 = Lake Forest | coach_sport6 = Men's lacrosse | coach_years7 = 2007–2011 | coach_team7 = [[Lake Forest Foresters|Lake Forest]] | coach_sport8 = Women's lacrosse | coach_years9 = 2012–2014 | coach_team9 = [[Lake Forest Foresters|Lake Forest]] | admin_years1 = 2019–2021 | admin_team1 = [[Lake Forest Foresters|Lake Forest]] (assistant AD) | admin_years2 = 2021–2022 | admin_team2 = Lake Forest | admin_years3 = 2022–2025 | admin_team3 = Lake Forest (assoc. AD) | overall_record = 106–60 (football) | bowl_record = | tournament_record = 0–3 (NCAA D-III playoffs) | championships = Football 4 [[Midwest Conference|MWC]] (2012, 2021–2022, 2024) | awards = Football 3× [[Midwest Conference|MWC]] Coach of the Year (2012, 2021, 2024) | coaching_records = }}

'''Jim Catanzaro''' (born {{Circa|1978}}) is an American [[college football]] coach. He is the assistant vice-president for athletics and head football coach for [[Lake Forest College]], positions he has held since 2026 and 2009, respectively.<ref>{{Cite news |date=April 24, 2009 |title=Catanzaro excited about first head coaching job |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/daily-sentinel-catanzaro-excited-about-f/164630149/ |access-date=February 3, 2025 |work=Daily Sentinel |pages=11}}</ref> He also coached for [[Glenville State Pioneers football|Glenville State]] and [[Wingate Bulldogs football|Wingate]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Dewan |first=Todd |date=June 10, 2006 |title=Rome's Catanzaro ready for new coaching challenge |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/daily-sentinel-romes-catanzaro-ready-fo/164630244/ |access-date=February 3, 2025 |work=Daily Sentinel |pages=9}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=February 14, 2006 |title=RFA grad to coordinator defense at Lake Forest |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/daily-sentinel-rfa-grad-to-coordinator-d/164630342/ |access-date=February 3, 2025 |work=Daily Sentinel |pages=15}}</ref> He played [[college football]], [[basketball]], [[tennis]], and [[Association football|soccer]] for [[Greenville Panthers|Greenville]].<ref>{{Cite news |date=January 18, 1997 |title=Catanzaro makes 25 tackles in first year |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/daily-sentinel-catanzaro-makes-25-tackle/164630550/ |access-date=February 3, 2025 |work=Daily Sentinel |pages=13}}</ref>

Catanzaro served as the athletic director for Lake Forest from 2021 to 2022.<ref>{{Cite news |date=June 22, 2021 |title=Jim Catanzaro Named Lake Forest College's Director of Athletics |url=https://midwestconference.org/news/2021/6/22/general-jim-catanzaro-named-lake-forest-colleges-director-of-athletics.aspx |access-date=February 3, 2025 |work=Midwest Conference}}</ref> He also began the school's men and women's [[lacrosse]] teams.

==Head coaching record== ===Football=== {{CFB Yearly Record Start | type = coach | team = | conf = | bowl = | poll = D3 }} {{CFB Yearly Record Subhead | name = [[Lake Forest Foresters football|Lake Forest Foresters]] | conf = [[Midwest Conference]] | startyear = 2009 | endyear = }} {{CFB Yearly Record Entry | championship = | year = [[2009 NCAA Division III football season|2009]] | name = Lake Forest | overall = 2–8 | conference = 2–7 | confstanding = T–7th | bowlname = | bowloutcome = | bcsbowl = | ranking = | ranking2 = no }} {{CFB Yearly Record Entry | championship = | year = [[2010 NCAA Division III football season|2010]] | name = Lake Forest | overall = 2–8 | conference = 2–7 | confstanding = T–8th | bowlname = | bowloutcome = | bcsbowl = | ranking = | ranking2 = no }} {{CFB Yearly Record Entry | championship = | year = [[2011 NCAA Division III football season|2011]] | name = Lake Forest | overall = 3–7 | conference = 3–6 | confstanding = 7th | bowlname = | bowloutcome = | bcsbowl = | ranking = | ranking2 = no }} {{CFB Yearly Record Entry | championship = conference | year = [[2012 NCAA Division III football season|2012]] | name = Lake Forest | overall = 8–2 | conference = 8–1 | confstanding = T–1st | bowlname = | bowloutcome = | bcsbowl = | ranking = | ranking2 = no }} {{CFB Yearly Record Entry | championship = | year = [[2013 NCAA Division III football season|2013]] | name = Lake Forest | overall = 8–2 | conference = 7–2 | confstanding = T–2nd | bowlname = | bowloutcome = | bcsbowl = | ranking = | ranking2 = no }} {{CFB Yearly Record Entry | championship = | year = [[2014 NCAA Division III football season|2014]] | name = Lake Forest | overall = 4–6 | conference = 2–3 | confstanding = 4th (South) | bowlname = | bowloutcome = | bcsbowl = | ranking = | ranking2 = no }} {{CFB Yearly Record Entry | championship = | year = [[2015 NCAA Division III football season|2015]] | name = Lake Forest | overall = 4–6 | conference = 3–2 | confstanding = T–2nd (South) | bowlname = | bowloutcome = | bcsbowl = | ranking = | ranking2 = no }} {{CFB Yearly Record Entry | championship = | year = [[2016 NCAA Division III football season|2016]] | name = Lake Forest | overall = 8–2 | conference = 6–2 | confstanding = T–3rd | bowlname = | bowloutcome = | bcsbowl = | ranking = | ranking2 = no }} {{CFB Yearly Record Entry | championship = | year = [[2017 NCAA Division III football season|2017]] | name = Lake Forest | overall = 8–2 | conference = 4–1 | confstanding = 2nd (South) | bowlname = | bowloutcome = | bcsbowl = | ranking = | ranking2 = no }} {{CFB Yearly Record Entry | championship = | year = [[2018 NCAA Division III football season|2018]] | name = Lake Forest | overall = 6–4 | conference = 4–1 | confstanding = 2nd (South) | bowlname = | bowloutcome = | bcsbowl = | ranking = | ranking2 = no }} {{CFB Yearly Record Entry | championship = | year = [[2019 NCAA Division III football season|2019]] | name = Lake Forest | overall = 7–3 | conference = 4–1 | confstanding = 2nd (North) | bowlname = | bowloutcome = | bcsbowl = | ranking = | ranking2 = no }} {{CFB Yearly Record Entry | championship = | year = [[2020–21 NCAA Division III football season|2020–21]] | name = Lake Forest | overall = 3–0 | conference = 0–0 | confstanding = N/A | bowlname = | bowloutcome = | bcsbowl = | ranking = | ranking2 = no }} {{CFB Yearly Record Entry | championship = conference | year = [[2021 NCAA Division III football season|2021]] | name = Lake Forest | overall = 10–1 | conference = 9–0 | confstanding = 1st | bowlname = [[NCAA Division III football championship|NCAA Division III First Round]] | bowloutcome = L | bcsbowl = | ranking = 23 | ranking2 = no }} {{CFB Yearly Record Entry | championship = conference | year = [[2022 NCAA Division III football season|2022]] | name = Lake Forest | overall = 9–2 | conference = 8–1 | confstanding = T–1st | bowlname = [[NCAA Division III football championship|NCAA Division III First Round]] | bowloutcome = L | bcsbowl = | ranking = | ranking2 = no }} {{CFB Yearly Record Entry | championship = | year = [[2023 NCAA Division III football season|2023]] | name = Lake Forest | overall = 7–3 | conference = 6–3 | confstanding = T–3rd | bowlname = | bowloutcome = | bcsbowl = | ranking = | ranking2 = no }} {{CFB Yearly Record Entry | championship = conference | year = [[2024 NCAA Division III football season|2024]] | name = Lake Forest | overall = 10–1 | conference = 9–0 | confstanding = 1st | bowlname = [[NCAA Division III football championship|NCAA Division III Second Round]] | bowloutcome = L | bcsbowl = | ranking = | ranking2 = no }} {{CFB Yearly Record Entry | championship = | year = [[2025 NCAA Division III football season|2025]] | name = Lake Forest | overall = 7–3 | conference = 7–2 | confstanding = T–2nd | bowlname = | bowloutcome = | bcsbowl = | ranking = | ranking2 = no }} {{CFB Yearly Record Entry | championship = | year = [[2026 NCAA Division III football season|2026]] | name = Lake Forest | overall = 0–0 | conference = 0–0 | confstanding = | bowlname = | bowloutcome = | bcsbowl = | ranking = | ranking2 = no }} {{CFB Yearly Record Subtotal | name = Lake Forest | overall = 106–60 | confrecord = 84–39 }} {{CFB Yearly Record End | overall = 106–60 | bowls = no | poll = no | polltype = }} <ref>{{cite web |author= |title=NCAA Statistics; Coach; Jim Catanzaro |url=https://stats.ncaa.org/people/36254?sport_code=MFB |publisher=[[National Collegiate Athletic Association]] |access-date=February 3, 2025 }}</ref>

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==External links== * [https://goforesters.com/sports/football/roster/coaches/jim-catanzaro/1029 Lake Forest profile]

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