Jim Catanzaro

Jim Catanzaro
Current position
TitleAssistant Vice-President athletic director & head coach
TeamLake Forest
ConferenceMWC
Record99–57
Biographical details
Bornc.1978 (age 4647)
Rome, New York, U.S.
Alma materGreenville University (2000)
West Virginia University (2002)
Wingate University
Liberty University (2022)
Playing career
Football
1996, 1998–1999Greenville
Basketball
1997–2000Greenville
Tennis
1997–1999Greenville
Soccer
1997c.Late 1990sGreenville
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football
2000–2002Glenville State (DL/RC/S&C)
2003–2005Wingate (DL/S&C)
2006–2008Lake Forest (DC)
2009–presentLake Forest
Men's lacrosse
2007–2011Lake Forest
Women's lacrosse
2012–2014Lake Forest
Administrative career (AD unless noted)
2019–2021Lake Forest (assistant AD)
2021–2022Lake Forest
2022–2025Lake Forest (assoc. AD)
Head coaching record
Overall99–57 (football)
Tournaments0–3 (NCAA D-III playoffs)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
Football
4 MWC (2012, 2021–2022, 2024)
Awards
Football
MWC Coach of the Year (2012, 2021, 2024)

Jim Catanzaro (born c.1978) is an American college football coach. He is an Assistant Vice-President athletic director and head football coach for Lake Forest College, positions he has held since 2025 and 2009 respectively. He also coached for Glenville State and Wingate. He played college football, basketball, tennis, and soccer for Greenville.

Catanzaro served as the athletic director for Lake Forest from 2021 to 2022. He also began the school's men and women's lacrosse teams.