Greensboro College - Head Men’s Basketball Coach 2019-2023
Greensboro College - Head Men’s Golf Coach 2016-2023
Greensboro College - Associate Head Men’s Basketball Coach 2014-2019
Greensboro College - Assistant Men’s Basketball Coach 2010-2014

Cantamessa comes to Eckerd after spending 12 seasons with the Greensboro (N.C.) College Pride men’s basketball team where he was the head coach for two seasons. He spent nine seasons as an assistant coach with his last five seasons as the associate head coach. Cantamessa coached alongside Tritons head coach Bryan Galuski during his time at Greensboro. Cantamessa also served as the head men’s golf coach at Greensboro. 

Cantamessa helped Greyson Collins earn All-USA South First Team honors in 2020-21, the first since the 2016-17 season when Donovan Griffith earned the honor from the league.

Prior to Greensboro, Cantamessa played eight years (2000-08) of professional basketball in Europe. He played for teams in France, Germany, Portugal and Belgium. He was a Euro All-Star in '08, and was a member of a Belgian national championship team in '05.

Cantamessa attended Siena College where he played basketball for Coach Paul Hewitt and was the nation's leading three-point shooter in 1997. Cantamessa graduated from Siena with a degree in business finance in 2000.