Joe Cantafio
| Sport(s) | Basketball |
|---|---|
| Biographical details | |
| Born |
April 6, 1952 Dunmore, Pennsylvania |
| Playing career | |
| 1970–1974 | Scranton |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1974–1978 | Cardinal Gibbons HS |
| 1978–1979 | Abington Heights HS (asst.) |
| 1979–1982 | DeMatha Catholic HS (asst.) |
| 1982–1986 | VMI (asst.) |
| 1986–1994 | VMI |
| 1994–1997 | Furman |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 109–198 |
Joseph "Joe" Cantafio (born April 6, 1952) is an American retired college basketball coach. Cantafio spent a total of eleven seasons as a head coach, with the Virginia Military Institute (1986–1994) and Furman University (1994–1997). A graduate of the University of Scranton, Cantafio is vice president of The Blewitt Foundation, an organization that supports military families, as well as an assistant director at the Center for Sports Leadershipfor for Virginia Commonwealth University. He is also a member of the Pennsylvania Sports Hall of Fame.
Cantafio was born on April 6, 1952 in Dunmore, Pennsylvania, and attended Dunmore High School. He attended college at the nearby University of Scranton and graduated in 1974 with a BS in history. Cantafio played on the school's basketball team for three years and was captain of the team as a senior. He also lettered in baseball and received an NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship from Scranton.
Cantafio began coaching immediately following his graduation from Scranton, joining Cardinal Gibbons High School in Raleigh, North Carolina in 1974. He led the Crusaders for four seasons in which he posted a 91–25 record at the school. Cantafio then spent one year with Abington Heights High School in his home state of Pennsylvania.
Following a 13–15 campaign at Abington Heights, Cantafio then joined DeMatha Catholic High School as an assistant where he served under legendary Morgan Wootten (who has the second most wins as a head coach in the history of basketball on any level and is a member of the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame). In his three years under Wootten at DeMatha Catholic, the Stags went 83–9.
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