Lake Forest College Football
Coaching Staff
Jim Catanzaro
Defensive Coordinator/Inside Linebackers Coach
Jim Catanzaro is in his third year on the Lake Forest College staff and his ninth as an assistant coach. He will again coordinate the Foresters' defense and work directly with the squad's linebackers. He also adds the title of assistant head coach in 2008.
Lake Forest ranked third in the Midwest Conference against the run last season and individual Foresters ranked among the top four in the league in tackles, interceptions, and passes defensed. Six Foresters on that side of the ball earned all-conference honors, including a pair of first team selections.
Lake Forest led the league in total defense and ranked 17th in the country in pass efficiency defense in 2006. Six players on the team were named all-conference, including a first team lineman, linebacker, and defensive back.
Catanzaro came to Lake Forest from NCAA Division II Wingate University, where he was the defensive line coach for three seasons. The Bulldog defense tallied 86 sacks, led the South Atlantic Conference in turnovers twice, and helped the 2004 team post the best single-season record in the program's history. In addition, a pair of Wingate players earned All-American honors under his direction. He was also the head strength coach for all Wingate sports and has taken on a similar role at Lake Forest.
Prior to his time at Wingate, Catanzaro served as the defensive line coach, recruiting coordinator, and head strength coach for three seasons at Glenville State College. The Pioneers claimed the West Virginia Intercollegiate Athletic Conference title in 2001 and he was a member of that year's WVIAC Coaching Staff of the Year.
Catanzaro graduated from Greenville College where he started every game of his career and earned all-conference honors twice, once on offense and once on defense. He also handled all the long snapping duties. The team captured a conference championship his senior season while Brent Becker was serving as the linebackers coach.
Catanzaro also lettered twice in basketball and once in tennis.
He now resides in Lake Forest with his wife Catherine.
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