Tom Pecora

Tom Pecora
Biographical details
Sport(s)	Basketball
Born	(1958-01-21) January 21, 1958 Queens Village, New York
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1984–1987	Long Island Lutheran HS (asst.)
1987–1989	Nassau CC (asst.)
1989–1992	SUNY Farmingdale
1992–1993	UNLV (asst.)
1993–1994	Loyola Marymount (asst.)
1994–2001	Hofstra (asst.)
2001–2010	Hofstra
2010–2015	Fordham
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 initially the head coach at Hofstra University, 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.

College

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–present)
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

1 2 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.
↑ 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.

Hofstra Pride men's basketball head coaches

Jack McDonald (1936–1937)
Joseph Kershaw & Jack McDonald (1937–1938)
Jack McDonald (1938–1943)
No official team (1943–1945)
Jack Smith (1945–1946)
Jack McDonald (1946–1947)
Frank Reilly (1947–1955)
Butch van Breda Kolff (1955–1962)
Paul Lynner (1962–1972)
Roger Gaeckler (1972–1979)
Joe Harrington (1979–1980)
Dick Berg (1980–1988)
Butch van Breda Kolff (1988–1994)
Jay Wright (1994–2001)
Tom Pecora (2001–2010)
Mo Cassara (2010–2013)
Joe Mihalich (2013– )

Fordham Rams men's basketball head coaches

Mellyn (1902–1903)
John McLaughlin (1903–1904)
Harry A. Fisher (1904–1905)
Loren Black (1905–1906)
Frank O'Donnell (1906–1907)
Chris Mahoney (1907–1909)
Unknown (1909–1911)
Clement Risacher (1911–1914)
Alcott Neary (1914–1915)
Unknown (1915–1918)
Edward Siskind (1918–1919)
Arthur Devlin (1919–1920)
Orson Kinney (1920–1921)
Eli Butler (1921–1922)
Bud Colloton & Ed Kelleher (1922–1923)
Ed Kelleher (1923–1934)
Vincent Cavanaugh (1934–1938)
Ed Kelleher (1938–1943)
No team (1943–1944)
Frank Adams (1944–1950)
Johnny Bach (1950–1968)
Ed Conlin (1968–1970)
Digger Phelps (1970–1971)
Hal Wissel (1971–1976)
Dick Stewart (1976–1978)
Tom Penders (1978–1986)
Bob Quinn (1986–1987)
Nick Macarchuk (1987–1999)
Bob Hill (1999–2003)
Dereck Whittenburg (2003–2009)
Jared Grasso # (2009–2010)
Tom Pecora (2010–2015)
Jeff Neubauer (2015– )

Pound sign (#) denotes interim head coach.

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