James F. Paronto (April 25, 1943 – December 11, 2023) is a former baseball and American football player, coach, and official.
[2] Paronto played quarterback[3] at Adams State, graduating in 1966 and serving as team captain in 1965.
While at Mesa, his teams accumulated a record of 19 wins and 24 losses and won their conference championship in 1990.
[5] Paronto also coached as an assistant at Brigham Young University (BYU)[6] and Oregon State[7][8] In July 2003, Paronto was named the coordinator of baseball umpires for the Mountain West Conference.
He worked the National Junior College World Series 15 times took various on-field assignments in several conference championships.