Quinnipiac University Men's Basketball

PECORA IN THE MEDIA - New York Post: How Tom Pecora went from near-exile to one step away from Quinnipiac’s first March Madness in just one year (by Mike Vaccaro) - Washington Post: The other side of Cinderella - Almost two decades ago, Tom Pecora watched George Mason make the Final Four with an NCAA tournament bid he thought would be his. Why is he still smiling? Tom Pecora will enter his third season as Head Coach at Quinnipiac University in 2025-26. Pecora – a veteran with 16 years of experience as a head coach at the Division I level – has won back-to-back MAAC Coach of the Year awards after leading Quinnipiac to two consecutive regular season titles in 2023-24 and 2024-25. The Bobcats went 15-5 in league play during Pecora’s first season at the helm in 2023-24, then followed up with another 15-5 MAAC record in 2024-25. Pecora just completed his eighth season in total with the Bobcats (previously served as Associate HC from 2017-2023). He was announced as Quinnipiac’s next Head Coach on Thursday, April 13, 2023. Pecora has guided his teams to 305-279 record as a collegiate Head Coach (stops at SUNY Farmingdale, Hofstra, Fordham, and Quinnipiac). He reached 300 total wins on Feb. 14, 2025 after helping lead the Bobcats to a win over Sacred Heart on ESPNU. Quinnipiac has won 130 total games during Pecora’s time on staff (since 2017), tallying double-digit win totals in seven of eight seasons. Pecora has coached NBA players at his previous two stops as head coach – Speedy Cl

Becil joined the Bobcats' staff as a graduate assistant for the 2024–25 season, primarily handling film, team logistics, and player development. Before Quinnipiac, Becil served as the head coach of the NY Rens United 17u team for three years, as well as an assistant coach at Wilbraham & Monson Academy for two seasons. With the Rens, Becil was integral to building the United program from its inception, sending 40 student-athletes to college, including the likes of Johns Hopkins, Emory, UChicago, Navy, Wesleyan, Bowdoin, Colby, Sacred Heart, Pace, and more. Becil played two seasons at Kenyon College before transferring and earning Accounting and Finance degrees from Indiana University in 2021. Upon graduating, he spent three years as a Real Estate Tax Associate at PwC while beginning his coaching journey.

Brijesh Patel joined Quinnipiac University in August 2008 as the athletic department's Head Strength and Conditioning Coach. Patel previously held the title of Assistant Strength and Conditioning Coach at the College of the Holy Cross in Worcester, Mass. Patel primarily works with the men's and women's basketball and ice hockey teams at Quinnipiac, but also oversees the strength and conditioning development for all 21 varsity sports at Quinnipiac. He was named 2024 NSCA College Strength and Conditioning Coach of the Year, as announced by the The National Strength and Conditioning Association. The award annually recognizes the best Strength and Conditioning coaches in collegiate athletics around the country. Patel was also nominated for the National Strength and Conditioning Coach of the Year award in both 2016 and 2018. Since joining the Bobcats staff, Patel has enhanced the strength and conditioning program at Quinnipiac University behind his philosophy of "year-round preparation." Patel spearheads a department where each student-athlete is given his or her own individualized program that is designed to improve movement skills, core strength, power, speed, strength, balance and flexibility. Patel graduated with a bachelor's degree in kinesiology in 2002 and a master's degree in sport management in 2004 from the University of Connecticut.

Dana Angelo White, MS, RD, ATC is a registered dietitian, certified athletic trainer, journalist, nutrition and fitness consultant and author of 9 cookbooks. Dana is the sports dietitian and associate clinical professor of Athletic Training and Sports Medicine at Quinnipiac University. She has been practicing as a dual credentialed certified athletic trainer and registered dietitian for nearly 20 years. She is a member of the USOC Sports Dietitian Registry and National Athletic Trainers' Association liaison to the Sports, Cardiovascular and Wellness nutrition subgroup of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics. Dana is the nutrition expert for FoodNetwork.com and has served on advisory boards for Verywell, Greatist, Applegate, Chobani and has worked as a spokesperson for Gatorade, National Honey Board, National Mango Board and Cooking Light Magazine. She has made appearances on Good Day Street Talk, Food Network.com, Access Hollywood, ABC Nightly News, NBC Connecticut, GMA Health, New York Live and Better Connecticut. Dana's work has been featured on Food Network.com, Verywell.com, Cooking Light.com, Today's Dietitian, SHAPE, SEVENTEEN, Prevention, Muscle & Fitness, Men's Health, Men's Fitness, and Maxim. Dana earned her master's degree in nutrition education from Teachers' College-Columbia University and bachelor's degree in Sports Medicine from Quinnipiac.

Devin Markle, Psy.D., M.Ed joined the Quinnipiac Athletic department in the fall of 2021 as the Clinical Sports Psychology Coach. She is responsible for all of the athletic programs and works to create individual, team and coaches workshops related to sports psychology. Markle comes to Quinnipiac with over seven years of experience with working with all athletes, ranging from professional to youth. She most recently was a psychological assistant for the Fulton Psychological Group where she specialized in working with 4 to 18 year olds, counseling for mental health concerns as well as performance psychology. In 2018, she started her own private practice which specialized in helping athletes and business people to reach their highest level of performance. From August 2015 to 2018, Markle served as the Co-Director of Mindset Development at the Mamba Sports Academy. She was responsible for training athletes of all ages and levels and implementing mental skills training with individuals. In addition, she helped design the NBA and NFL Pre-Draft Training Program while working with the Mamba Sports Academy. Markle earned her Bachelor's degree in Psychology and English at the University of Vermont in 2010. She then went on to earn her Master's in Education in Counseling and Sport Psychology from Boston University in 2013. By 2020, Markle had also earned her PsyD in Clinical Psychology from California Southern University.

Jeff Robinson took over Director of Operations duties for Quinnipiac ahead of the 2022-23 season, and was promoted to Assistant Coach ahead of the 2024-25 campaign. He is an experienced NCAA Division I and Division III coach with extensive recruiting success. Robinson just wrapped up his third season in total at Quinnipiac. Robinson has helped guide Quinnipiac to back-to-back MAAC regular season titles. The Bobcats went 15-5 in league play during 2023-24, then followed up with another 15-5 MAAC record in 2024-25. Prior to Quinnipiac, he served as the Full-Time Assistant Coach / Director of Recruiting at Worcester Polytechic Institute (WPI) from 2018 – 2022. WPI went 27-3 in the 2021-22 season, earning a NEWMAC Regular Season and Tournament title and advancing to the programs first ever Elite Eight. Over his four years on staff, Robinson helped recruit two All-Americans, three All-NEWMAC Selections – including the 2022 D3Hoops.com National Rookie of the Year and the 2020 NEWMAC Rookie of the Year. Prior to returning to his Alma Mater, Robinson served as an assistant at Assumption College (2017-2018) and Widener University (2015-2017). As a student-athlete, Robinson was the 2010-11 NEWMAC Men's Basketball Athlete of the Year, as well as a repeat All-NEWMAC selection, and back-to-back D3hoops.com All-Region honoree. He also garnered CoSIDA Academic All-District honors and a pair of department awards and was inducted into the WPI Athletics Hall of Fame in 2018. In his three seaso

Lori Landino joined Quinnipiac University on September 24, 2007, when she took over as the secretary for the men's and women's basketball programs. Landino worked for the Town of Wallingford Police Department before making her way back to Quinnipiac. Prior to her stint with the police department, Landino held positions at the Wallingford Board of Education, Southern New England Telecommunications and Aetna Life & Casualty. Raised in North Haven, Landino earned an associate's degree from Quinnipiac in 1983. She currently resides in Wallingford, Conn. with her husband, David, and her two children, Michael and Marissa, who is also a student manager of the Quinnipiac women's basketball team.

Nick Solari was promoted to Associate Athletic Director of Athletic Communications in August of 2022. He joined the Quinnipiac Athletic Communications staff ...

Meehan joined the Bobcats' full-time staff prior to the 2024-25 season after serving as QU's Graduate Assistant during the previous two years. Most recently, Meehan played a pivotal role in helping the Bobcats capture back-to-back MAAC regular season titles in 2023-24 and 2024-25. As Director of Player Development & Operations, Meehan will supervise many essential day-to-day tasks both on and off the floor. Prior to his time in Hamden, Meehan served as an Assistant Coach at Western Connecticut State starting in July of 2020, and was a team manager at Villanova from 2016-2020. While at Western Connecticut, Meehan created scouting reports and provided basketball strategy through video breakdown, created practice plans, managed team social media, and completed numerous tasks in operations. He worked with the Director of Operations at Villanova to help in various ways, executing both game-day and non game-day tasks.

Sara MacDonough-Civitello joined the Quinnipiac Sports Medicine staff full-time in September 2014 and serves as a Senior Associate Athletic Trainer. Sara wor...

Shaun Morris just completed his eighth season with the Bobcats in 2024-25. He was promoted to Associate Head Coach in July of 2023 by Head Coach Tom Pecora. Morris has helped guide Quinnipiac to back-to-back MAAC regular season titles since taking over as Associate Head Coach. The Bobcats went 15-5 in league play during 2023-24, then followed up with another 15-5 MAAC record in 2024-25. Morris helped lead Quinnipiac to a record-breaking 2023-24 campaign, as the Bobcats set a new record for total wins (24) and won their first-ever regular season MAAC title. QU's 19-4 start over their first 23 games marked the program's best start to a year since the 1965-66 campaign. Morris helped pioneer a Quinnipiac offense that set a new record for total points (2,630). Quinnipiac went 15-5 in MAAC play once again in 2024-25, capturing the program’s second consecutive MAAC Regular Season Championship. The Bobcats went 20-13 in total, and QU went 12-2 at home during 2024-25. The Bobcats have advanced to the MAAC semifinals four times over the last eight years since Morris joined the staff. QU won a pair of postseason games to reach the semifinal round in 2017-18, then the 2021-22 Bobcats became the first-ever No. 11 seed in MAAC Tournament history to advance to the semifinal round. Morris helped lead the Bobcats back to the semifinals in both 2023-24 and 2024-25 as Associate HC. Quinnipiac has won 130 total games during his time on staff, tallying double-digit win totals in seven of eight se

Quinnipiac announced the hiring of Umar Shannon ('14) as the Bobcats' newest assistant coach on May 29, 2024. The former Bobcat joined QU's coaching staff ahead of the 2024-25 season after spending each of the last three years in the MAAC at Saint Peter's University. Shannon played out his final season of collegiate eligibility for the Bobcats in 2013-14, averaging 14.3 PPG, 2.3 APG, and 2.0 RPG. Quinnipiac went 15-5 in MAAC play in 2024-25 under the guidance of Shannon, capturing the program’s second consecutive MAAC Regular Season Championship. The Bobcats went 20-13 in total and 12-2 at home. Shannon helped guide the Peacocks to a pair of NCAA Tournament appearances during the past three seasons in the MAAC. Saint Peter's won the 2022 MAAC Men's Basketball Championship in Atlantic City under the guidance of Shannon, then defeated Kentucky, Murray State and Purdue en route to becoming the first No. 15 seed in NCAA Tournament history to advance to the Elite Eight. Two years later the Peacocks captured the conference title once again, as Saint Peter's secured a spot in the NCAA Tournament by winning the 2024 MAAC title. Prior to his three-year stint at SPU, Shannon served as an assistant coach at Saint Francis University from 2016-2021. He helped the program capture the NEC Regular Season Championship in 2019. Shannon surpassed 1,000 career points as a collegiate player over five seasons. He spent his first four years at Saint Francis (PA), averaging 12.6 PPG and 2.3 APG. The