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Carmen DeFrancesco

Carmen DeFrancesco

  • Class Year:
    1975
  • Induction Year:
    2000
  • Role/Sport(s) Played:
    Football
  • Club Team:
    Student-Athlete

A four-year letter winner and a three-year starter at tailback for the Juniata College football team, Carmen DeFrancesco has gone on to establish himself as one of the finest high school football coaches in the state of Pennsylvania. He was a team captain for the blue and gold gridiron squad as a senior, when he was a Middle Atlantic Conference (MAC) first-team all-star and an honorable mention all-state pick. That same year, he led the team in rushing and total offense with 682 yards and received the program's Dr. J. Harold Engle '23 most valuable back award. He was also a junior on the College's 1973 Stagg Bowl team. At the time of his induction, he ranked eighth in rushing yards (1,469), 10th in all-purpose yards (2,404) and ninth in kickoff return average (19.7) on the Juniata career charts. He was a successful high school assistant coach for Joe Diminick (all-time winning coach in Pennsylvania high school football history) at Mount Carmel High School, before moving on to be the head coach at Cardinal Brennan, Danville and Shamokin Area high schools. After guiding Cardinal Brennan's program to a 13-8 record in two seasons, he spent five years at Danville and posted an impressive 40-16 mark. He accepted the post at Shamokin in February of 2000.