Tom Pecora (born January 21, 1958) is an American college basketball coach and most recently the head men's basketball coach at Fordham University. Born in Queens Village, New York, he graduated from Adelphi University in 1983. He is the former coach of Hofstra University, where he coached from 2001 to 2010 and his record was 155–126. In 2014, Tom Parotta was named Associate Head Coach to replace David Duke who left for Adelphi. Pecora was fired from Fordham on March 18, 2015.