Tom Pecora

Tom Pecora
	Pecora in 2017
Current position
Title	Associate head coach
Team	Quinnipiac
Conference	MAAC
Biographical details
Born	January 21, 1958 (age 64); 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	261-256

Tom Pecora (born January 21, 1958) is an American college basketball coach. Pecora was hired as associate head coach at Quinnipiac on March 28, 2017 under new head coach Baker Dunleavy.^[1]

Pecora, a veteran with 14 years of experience as a head coach at the Division I level, enters his third season at Quinnipiac in 2019–20. Born in Queens Village, New York, he graduated from Adelphi University in 1983.

He has 198 wins as a Head Coach at the Division I level (Hofstra, Fordham), and 261 wins in his career as a collegiate coach.

Pecora was promoted to the position of head coach at Hofstra University in 2001, taking over for Jay Wright.^[2]^[3] Following his time at Hofstra, Pecora took over as the permanent replacement at Fordham University^[4] after the program fired Dereck Whittenburg during the 2009–10 season.

Pecora served as the head coach at Hofstra for nine years (2001-2010) and at Fordham for five seasons (2010–15). Prior to taking over the head coaching position at Hofstra, Pecora served as the associate head coach under Jay Wright for seven seasons, the last two of which resulted in America East Conference titles and NCAA Tournament berths.

As a head coach at Hofstra, he compiled a 155–126 mark in nine seasons, leading the Pride to four postseason appearances (three NIT and one CBI), the most for any New York City team over that nine-year span. In 16 years at Hofstra with Pecora on the staff (nine years as a head coach, seven as an assistant), the Pride averaged 19 wins a season (246-161).

During his time in Hempstead, Hofstra was the winningest program in the Metropolitan New York area. Over his last six years, Hofstra won 121 games, including four 20-win seasons. In 2006 and 2009, he was named Coach of the Year by the Metropolitan Basketball Writers Association (MBWA) and he also received regional Coach of the Year honors from the National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) and the Basketball Coaches Association of New York (BCANY).

Pecora also had tremendous success in developing guards while at Hofstra. As an assistant, he recruited NBA guards Speedy Claxton and Norman Richardson, while as a head coach, he recruited three guards who scored over 2,000 career points—Loren Stokes, Antoine Agudio and Charles Jenkins. Claxton, Richardson, Stokes and Jenkins all won their conference Player of the Year Awards, while Jenkins also played in the NBA for the Golden State Warriors and Philadelphia 76ers.

Over his entire collegiate basketball coaching career, Pecora has a student-athlete graduation rate of 100 percent.

Division I 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[]

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

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[1] Borges, David (August 2, 2017). "Tom Pecora eager to help build Quinnipiac program". New Haven Register. Retrieved August 15, 2017.^{[verification needed]}

[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.^{[verification needed]}

[3] 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.^{[verification needed]}

[4] 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.^{[verification needed]}

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