Tom Pecora

Tom Pecora
Current position
Title	Associate head coach
Team	Quinnipiac
Conference	MAAC
Biographical details
Born	January 21, 1958 (age 66); Queens Village, New York
Alma mater	Adelphi
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1984–1987	Long Island Lutheran HS (assistant)
1987–1989	Nassau CC (assistant)
1989–1992	SUNY Farmingdale
1992–1993	UNLV (assistant)
1993–1994	Loyola Marymount (assistant)
1994–2001	Hofstra (assistant)
2001–2010	Hofstra
2010–2015	Fordham
2017–present	Quinnipiac (associate HC)
Head coaching record
Overall	198–231

Tom Pecora (born January 21, 1958) is an American college basketball coach and most recently the head men's basketball coach at Fordham University.^[1] Born in Queens Village, New York, he graduated from Adelphi University in 1983.

Pecora was promoted to the position of head coach at Hofstra University, taking over for Jay Wright, where he coached from 2001 to 2010 and his record was 155–126.^[1]^[2] Pecora took over as the permanent replacement after Fordham fired Dereck Whittenburg during the 2009-10 season but failed to find any success, losing twenty or more games in four of his five seasons. He was fired following the 2014-15 season.

On March 28, 2017, Pecora was hired as associate head coach at Quinnipiac under new head coach Baker Dunleavy.^[3]

Head coaching record

Statistics overview
Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
Hofstra (Colonial Athletic Association) (2001–2010)
2001–02	Hofstra	11–19	5–12	9th
2002–03	Hofstra	8–21	6–12	9th
2003–04	Hofstra	14–15	10–8	5th
2004–05	Hofstra	21–9	12–6	4th	NIT Opening Round
2005–06	Hofstra	26–7	14–4	3rd	NIT Quarterfinals
2006–07	Hofstra	22–10	14–4	3rd	NIT First Round
2007–08	Hofstra	12–18	8–10	8th
2008–09	Hofstra	21–11	11–7	5th
2009–10	Hofstra	19–15	10–8	7th
Hofstra:		154–125 (.552)	90–71 (.559)
Fordham (Atlantic 10 Conference) (2010–2015)
2010–11	Fordham	7–21	1–15	14th
2011–12	Fordham	10–19	3–13	14th
2012–13	Fordham	7–24	3–13	14th
2013–14	Fordham	10–21	2–14	14th
2014–15	Fordham	10–21	4–14	12th
Fordham:		44–106 (.293)	13–69 (.159)
Total:		198–231 (.462)
National champion Postseason invitational champion Conference regular season champion Conference regular season and conference tournament champion Division regular season champion Division regular season and conference tournament champion Conference tournament champion

References

^ ^a ^b Heyman, Brian (March 25, 2010). "Pecora Faces Tough Task at Fordham". The New York Times. Archived from the original on April 3, 2010. Retrieved October 7, 2010. {{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |newspaper= (help); Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
^ Charles Costello (May 15, 2014). "Fordham Close to Naming New Assistant Coach". Bleacher Report. Archived from the original on May 15, 2014. Retrieved June 1, 2014. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
^ Borges, David (August 2, 2017). "Tom Pecora eager to help build Quinnipiac program". New Haven Register. Retrieved August 15, 2017.

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[NY-1] Heyman, Brian (March 25, 2010). "Pecora Faces Tough Task at Fordham". The New York Times. Archived from the original on April 3, 2010. Retrieved October 7, 2010. {{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |newspaper= (help); Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)

[2] Charles Costello (May 15, 2014). "Fordham Close to Naming New Assistant Coach". Bleacher Report. Archived from the original on May 15, 2014. Retrieved June 1, 2014. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)

[3] Borges, David (August 2, 2017). "Tom Pecora eager to help build Quinnipiac program". New Haven Register. Retrieved August 15, 2017.

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