Tom Pecora

Biography

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