Bonaventure "Buddy" Amendola (April 3, 1930 – September 24, 1994) was an American football coach. He served as the seventh head football at Central Connecticut State University in New Britain, Connecticut and he held that position for five seasons, from 1982 until 1986. His coaching record at Central Connecticut was 14–34–1. Amendola died on September 24, 1994, at the Hospital of Saint Raphael in New Haven, Connecticut.