Tom Pecora
Tom Pecora (born January 21, 1958)
Current position: Head men’s basketball coach
Current team: Quinnipiac Bobcats
Current conference: Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC)
Hofstra record: 155-126 (.552)
Fordham record: 44-106 (.293)
Quinnipiac record: 24-10 (.706)
Overall record^: 223-242 (.480)
Career Accomplishments:
- NCAA National Championships: 0
- NCAA Tournament Appearances: 0
- NIT Championships: 0
- NIT Appearances: 3 (2005, 2006, 2007)
- CBI Appearances: 2 (2010, 2024)
- MAAC Regular Season Champion: 1 (2024)
- MAAC Tournament Champion: 0
Awards:
- MAAC Coach of the Year: 1 (2024)
Coaching Career (head coach, unless noted):
| 2023-present | Quinnipiac |
| 2022-2023 | Quinnipiac (special asst) |
| 2017-2022 | Quinnipiac (assoc. HC) |
| 2010-2015 | Fordham |
| 2001-2010 | Hofstra |
| 1994-2001 | Hofstra (asst) |
| 1993-1994 | Loyola Marymount (asst) |
| 1992-1993 | UNLV (asst) |
| 1989-1992 | SUNY Farmingdale |
| 1987-1989 | Nassau CC (asst) |
Tom Pecora Facts
- Tom Pecora
- Born January 21, 1958
- Hometown: Queens Village, New York
- Alma Mater: Adelphi University (BS, 1983)
- Graduated from Martin Van Buren HS (NY) before playing at D-II Adelphi University in Garden City, NY
- Inducted into the Adelphi Athletic Hall of Fame in 2002 for his achievements as a basketball player
- First coaching job was as an assistant under future Davidson coach Bob McKillop at Long Island Lutheran HS (NY)
- Spent two seasons on Stu Klein’s staff at Nassau CC (NY) before becoming the head coach at SUNY Farmingdale, which was a junior college (now Division III Farmingdale State) at the time
- Went 62-24 overall in three seasons at the helm before moving up to the Division I level
- Was an assistant for one year each at UNLV (under Rollie Massimino) and Loyola Marymount (under John Olive)
- Returned to his home state in 1994 to be an assistant at Hofstra under newly hired head coach Jay Wright
- Part of one NIT and two NCAA Tournaments in his seven years with Wright
- Took over as the head coach of the Pride in 2001, leading the program for the next eight years
- Went 155-126 overall with three NIT appearances and a CBI berth in his final season
- Left in 2010 to take the head coaching job at Fordham, where he spent a total of five seasons
- Did not have much success, going just 44-106 with the Rams and never winning more than 10 games
- Pecora was hired in 2017 to be the associate head coach for Baker Dunleavy and the Quinnipiac Bobcats
- During the 2022 offseason, Pecora’s role changed to special assistant to the head coach
- In April 2023, Pecora was promoted to head coach of the Bobcats following Dunleavy’s departure to Villanova
- Led the Bobcats to their first-ever MAAC regular season title in 2024 (joined the league in 2013); was named 2024 MAAC COY
Tom Pecora Coaching Tree
- Michael DePaoli (Fordham)
- Jared Grasso (Bryant)
- Tom Parrotta (Canisius)
^ overall record includes head coaching positions at the NCAA Division I level only