NEW YORK (AP) — Tom Pecora is the new basketball coach at Fordham.
The head coach at Hofstra for the last nine seasons, Pecora was introduced Thursday at an on-campus news conference.
Fordham finished 2-26 last season and was winless in 16 Atlantic 10 Conference games. Former coach Dereck Whittenburg was fired five games into the season, his seventh at Fordham. Interim coach Jared Grasso finished the season.
Since 1991-92, Fordham has had one season with a winning record. It joined the Atlantic 10 in 1995, and since then has an overall record of 134-292.
Pecora, who was an assistant to Jay Wright at Hofstra for seven seasons before taking over the program, compiled a 155-126 record that included four 20-win seasons and three NIT appearances.
