Lake Forest College Football
Coaching Staff
Jim Catanzaro
Defensive Coordinator
Coach Catanzaro is in his second year on the Lake Forest College staff and his eighth as an assistant coach. He will again coordinate the Foresters' defense and work directly with the squad's linebackers.
Lake Forest led the Midwest Conference in total defense last season and ranked 17th in the country in pass efficiency defense. Six Foresters on that side of the ball earned all-conference honors, including a first team selection at each of the three levels.
Catanzaro spent the previous three years at NCAA Division II Wingate University, where he was the defensive line coach. 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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