Carmen DeFrancesco

• Name: Carmen DeFrancesco
• Class: 2026
• School: Danville

Carmen DeFrancesco is a 1971 graduate of Mount Carmel High School. As a starting running back, MCA posted a record of 23-1. During his High School career, Mount Carmel Area football was 44-3, winning 3 Southern division Championships and 1 Eastern Conference Championship. Coach DeFrancesco was a star running back for Juniata College. He graduated in 1975 with a B.S. in Psychology in 1975. During his junior year, 1973, Juniata was selected to play in the 1st ever Amos Alonzo Stagg Bowl, the national championship showdown for Division III teams in the NCAA. His senior year he was elected team captain, was an All-Mac 1st Team Tailback, and led his team in rushing and total offense.

Carm was inducted into the Ed Romance Chapter of the Pa. Sports Hall of Fame in 1986 and the Juniata College Sports Hall of Fame in 2000. Coach Carm\'s coaching career consisted of 14 years as an assistant coach and 25 years as a head coach winning 171 games at 5 different schools. The schools included Cardinal Brennan, Danville, Shamokin, Upper Dauphin, Mount Carmel, and Berwick. He had the great honor of coaching the Mount Carmel Red Tornadoes and the Berwick Bulldogs, the #1 and #3 winningest programs in the history of PA. football. His teams won 5 conference championships, 5 District gold medals with 3 different schools, 5 District silver medals, and 1 sub-regional championship. He received 10 Coach of the Year awards including District IV Coach of the year in 1997. Coach Carm is one of only 2 coaches in Pennsylvania High School history to have led 5 different schools into District playoffs.

He is the father of 3 children, Coryn, Carmen, and Cheryl, and currently resides with his wife Virginia, in Sunbury, Pa.