Jim Catanzaro
| Current position | |
|---|---|
| Title | Associate athletic director & head coach |
| Team | Lake Forest |
| Conference | MWC |
| Record | 99–57 |
| Biographical details | |
| Born | c. 1978 (age 46–47) Rome, Illinois, U.S. |
| Alma mater | Greenville University (2000) West Virginia University (2002) Wingate University Liberty University (2022) |
| Playing career | |
| Football | |
| 1996–1999 | Greenville |
| Basketball | |
| 1996–2000 | Greenville |
| Tennis | |
| 1997–2000 | Greenville |
| Soccer | |
| c. 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–present | 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 associate athletic director and head football coach for Lake Forest College, positions he has held since 2022 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
[edit]Football
[edit]| 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 First 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
[edit]- ^ "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.
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