# Jim Catanzaro > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Jim_Catanzaro > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Jim_Catanzaro.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Catanzaro > Source revision: 1349358915 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) American football coach (born c. 1978) Jim Catanzaro Current position Title Assistant vice-president for athletics & head coach Team Lake Forest Conference MWC Record 106–60 Biographical details Born c. 1978 (age 47–48) 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 106–60 (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](/source/College_football) coach. He is the assistant vice-president for athletics and head football coach for [Lake Forest College](/source/Lake_Forest_College), positions he has held since 2026 and 2009, respectively.[1] He also coached for [Glenville State](/source/Glenville_State_Pioneers_football) and [Wingate](/source/Wingate_Bulldogs_football).[2][3] He played [college football](/source/College_football), [basketball](/source/Basketball), [tennis](/source/Tennis), and [soccer](/source/Association_football) for [Greenville](/source/Greenville_Panthers).[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](/source/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 7–3 7–2 T–2nd 2026 Lake Forest 0–0 0–0 Lake Forest: 106–60 84–39 Total: 106–60 National championship Conference title Conference division title or championship game berth [6] ## References 1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["Catanzaro excited about first head coaching job"](https://www.newspapers.com/article/daily-sentinel-catanzaro-excited-about-f/164630149/). *Daily Sentinel*. April 24, 2009. p. 11. Retrieved February 3, 2025. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** Dewan, Todd (June 10, 2006). ["Rome's Catanzaro ready for new coaching challenge"](https://www.newspapers.com/article/daily-sentinel-romes-catanzaro-ready-fo/164630244/). *Daily Sentinel*. p. 9. Retrieved February 3, 2025. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** ["RFA grad to coordinator defense at Lake Forest"](https://www.newspapers.com/article/daily-sentinel-rfa-grad-to-coordinator-d/164630342/). *Daily Sentinel*. February 14, 2006. p. 15. Retrieved February 3, 2025. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** ["Catanzaro makes 25 tackles in first year"](https://www.newspapers.com/article/daily-sentinel-catanzaro-makes-25-tackle/164630550/). *Daily Sentinel*. January 18, 1997. p. 13. Retrieved February 3, 2025. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** ["Jim Catanzaro Named Lake Forest College's Director of Athletics"](https://midwestconference.org/news/2021/6/22/general-jim-catanzaro-named-lake-forest-colleges-director-of-athletics.aspx). *Midwest Conference*. June 22, 2021. Retrieved February 3, 2025. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** ["NCAA Statistics; Coach; Jim Catanzaro"](https://stats.ncaa.org/people/36254?sport_code=MFB). [National Collegiate Athletic Association](/source/National_Collegiate_Athletic_Association). Retrieved February 3, 2025. ## External links - [Lake Forest profile](https://goforesters.com/sports/football/roster/coaches/jim-catanzaro/1029) v t e Lake Forest Foresters head football coaches No coach (1882) No team (1883–1887) No coach (1888–1898) David H. Jackson (1899–1901) Clarence Herschberger (1902–1904) James A. Vaughan (1905–1906) Rolland E. Brumbaugh (1907) Burt E. Kennedy (1908–1913) Ira T. Carrithers (1914) Ralph Thacker (1915) E. J. Mather (1916–1918) Sylvester Derby (1919–1920) Ralph Glaze (1921–1923) Floyd L. Brown (1924–1928) Ira MacIntosh (1929–1932) Ralph Jones (1933–1942) No team (1943–1945) Ralph Jones (1946–1948) John W. Breen (1949–1951) Wally Lemm (1952–1953) Alvin Hanks (1954–1956) Wally Lemm (1957) Nick Wasylik (1958–1965) Mike Dau (1966–1991) Maury Waugh (1992–1994) Randy Moore (1995–1999) Chad Eisele (2000–2004) Brent Becker (2005–2008) Jim Catanzaro (2009– ) v t e Head football coaches of the Midwest Conference Kyle Langhoff (Beloit) Craig Knoche (Chicago) Curt Ritchie (Cornell (IA)) Brent Barnes (Grinnell) Ray DeFrisco (Illinois College) Adam Gonzaga (Knox) Jim Catanzaro (Lake Forest) Daniel Galante (Lawrence) Chad Braun (Monmouth (IL)) Jake Marshall (Ripon) This biographical article relating to a college football coach first appointed in the 1990s is a stub. 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