Joseph "Joe" Cantafio (born April 6, 1952) is an American retired college basketball coach.
Cantafio spent a total of eleven seasons as a head coach, with the Virginia Military Institute (1986–1994) and Furman University (1994–1997).
A graduate of the University of Scranton, Cantafio is vice president of The Blewitt Foundation, an organization that supports military families, as well as an assistant director at the Center for Sports Leadershipfor for Virginia Commonwealth University.
He is also a member of the Pennsylvania Sports Hall of Fame.