Gabe Infante
St. Joseph's Preparatory School
Impact Statement
“Failure is not fatal. Failure is a part of the process.”
-Gabe Infante
Biography
This past season, Infante led St. Joe’s to its fourth state championship in the last six years in Pennsylvania’s largest classification. In nine years as the school’s head football coach, Infante led the program to a 91-22 career record. Over the last three seasons, the Hawks finished with a 40-1 record. The 2018 season was special as the Hawks finished No. 4 in the High School Football America 100 national rankings, No. 6 in the USA TODAY Super 25 and a No. 11 in MaxPreps’ Xcellent 25.
In an interview with the NHSCA, Infante said “I’ve told a lot of young coaches, ‘Failure is not fatal’. If you’re afraid of failure and you don’t have a plan for that you’re not going to be very successful because of a lot of times, future success depends on how you handle those moments”
While being named the National Coach of the Year, Infante stated it’s not what means the most. “Those are the things that are most rewarding – the relationships, where guys come back and they still talk about the things that you told them. To hear them come back and tell you what that’s meant to them and how it’s impacted their lives, wow, man! That’s what it’s about!”
After an impressive season, Infante left St. Joe’s and took a job at Temple University, where is the running backs coach. He has served in many capacities as part of USA Football’s national teams, including serving the head coach of the Under-17 team last season. Infante was the U.S. Army National Coach of the Year in 2017.
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