Regis Scafe
Head Coach
Phone: 1681
Email:
rscafe@jcu.edu
Regis Scafe, the 16th head coach in the proud history of John Carroll University football, will begin his twelfth season at the helm of the Blue Streaks program.
Appointed to the position in December of 1998, Scafe has posted ten consecutive seasons at .500 or better for the Blue Streaks. In going 71-35 over those ten seasons, Scafe has helped John Carroll to extend its current run of consecutive non-losing campaigns to a school record 22 years.
Since he began his tenure at John Carroll, Scafe has had over 20 players earn All-American accolades, and over 70 have been named to the All-Ohio Athletic Conference teams, including seven (Tom Rini, Matt Payne, Jeff Lerner, Chris Cubero, Victor DeBoer, Doug Phillips, Carlo Melaragno, and Michael Nettling) who have been named the OAC Player of the Year at their respective positions.
Not only has Scafe maintained the winning tradition at John Carroll, but he has added to it as well. In 2002, the John Carroll football team reached the semifinal round of the NCAA Division III playoffs — the first time a Blue Streaks team had ever reached a national final four in any sport. Along the way, JCU won a school-record 12 games and captured the East Regional with victories over Hobart, Muhlenberg, and Brockport State. For his efforts, Scafe was named Ohio Athletic Conference Co-Coach of the Year in 2002.
Scafe began his coaching career at St. Peter Chanel High School in Bedford, Ohio, where he joined the Chanel staff as assistant football and wrestling coach. Scafe became Chanel’s head football coach, where he stayed for nine years. His most memorable season was in 1982, when the team had an 8-2 record earning him Co-Coach of the Year accolades in the North Coast Conference.
In 1987, Scafe joined the collegiate ranks when he took the position as the assistant head coach and defensive coordinator on the John Carroll staff under Tony DeCarlo. In his seven years with the Blue Streaks, his defense was ranked in the top 20 nationally in total yards and/or points allowed four times. During that stretch of time, Scafe had four All-Americans and 16 first team All-Ohio Athletic Conference defensive players. He also was part of an Ohio Athletic Conference championship and NCAA Division III playoff appearance in 1989.
His last coaching assignment prior to his current one for JCU was in Berlin, Germany, at the American Bowl on May 28, 1994. John Carroll defeated the Berlin Bears (a semi-professional team), 27-6, in a game played in what was formerly East Berlin. That 1994 JCU team would go on to win a share of the Ohio Athletic Conference title, the last captured by the Blue Streaks.
Scafe went on to become the head coach at Case Western Reserve in 1994. Before his arrival, the football team had only won four games in two seasons. Scafe turned around the Spartans into a .500 club in two of his final three years. His 1998 squad finished the year 5-5 and 1996 squad (5-5 record) was a tri-champion of the University Athletic Association. In return, Scafe and his staff were named UAA Coaching Staff of the Year in 1996.
In 15 seasons as a head coach (five at CWRU, ten at John Carroll), Scafe has compiled a career coaching record of 87-67.
Scafe graduated in 1971 with a B.S. degree in health and physical education from Case Western Reserve University, and in 1983, earned a Master’s degree in physical education from Cleveland State. In addition, he garnered first team All-Presidents Athletic Conference honors as a defensive back for the Spartans as a senior in 1970.
In addition to his duties as head football coach at John Carroll, Scafe serves as an advisor to the JCU chapter of the Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC), and has been instrumental in helping stage the annual Julie Zajac Memorial Run.
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