Jimmy Barbarise was made for this.
The pride of Centereach, creator and star of the hit mob show “Capo: Rise to Power,” was named the first Long Island University women’s flag football coach ahead of the Sharks’ inaugural season.
“The beauty of being the executive producer is that I can fit this into my schedule,” Barbarise, an LI flag football hall of fame inductee, told The Post.
“I’ve been asked to be on some other shows, some major shows. I politely turned them down because of the fact that coaching is really important to me.”
The local legend, who led the University of Tampa team to a top-three nationwide ranking, said he turned down five other offers so that he could return to LI from the Sunshine State.
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“What would be a better opportunity than to go back home and