He’s already in quite a few halls of fame. Now, Mike Pantalione will be part of another. The former Yavapai College men’s soccer coach has been voted into the National Italian-American Sports Hall of Fame.
Pantalione started the YC men’s soccer program in 1989 and retired in 2021. During that time, he went 636-63-30, making him the winningest coach in junior college history. Pantalione led Yavapai to a combined 71 regional, divisional, and conference titles. The Roughriders also made it to 19 Final Fours and won seven junior college national championships under Pantalione’s leadership.
He is already a member of the NJCAA Hall of Fame, the NJCAA Soccer Hall of Fame, and the ACCAC Hall of Fame.
The Italian-American Hall of Fame consists of 300 members, including Joe DiMaggio, Yogi Berra, Rocky Marciano, and Vince Lombardi.