Current position | |
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Title | Head coach |
Team | Pittsburgh |
Conference | ACC |
Record | 8–24 (.250) |
Biographical details | |
Alma mater | Keene State College (BA) Hartford (MS) |
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
2004–2005 | Columbia |
2005–2010 | Nebraska (assistant) |
2010–2012 | Kansas (assistant) |
2012–2016 | Eastern Michigan |
2016–2023 | UMass |
2023–present | Pittsburgh |
Head coaching record | |
Overall | 210–177 (.543) |
Tory Verdi is an American women's basketball coach with the Pittsburgh Panthers women's basketball team of the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC). He was named to the position on April 6, 2023. [1]
Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
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Columbia Lions (Ivy League)(2004–2005) | |||||||||
2004–05 | Columbia | 3–7 | 3–7 | 6th | |||||
Columbia: | 3–7 (.300) | 3–7 (.300) | |||||||
Eastern Michigan Eagles (Mid-American Conference)(2012–2016) | |||||||||
2012–13 | Eastern Michigan | 8–22 | 6–11 | 9th | |||||
2013–14 | Eastern Michigan | 18–14 | 7–12 | 8th | WBI Second Round | ||||
2014–15 | Eastern Michigan | 24–13 | 11–7 | T- 2nd West | WNIT Third Round | ||||
2015–16 | Eastern Michigan | 22–12 | 10–8 | 4th West | WNIT Second Round | ||||
Eastern Michigan: | 72–61 (.541) | 34–38 (.472) | |||||||
Massachusetts Minutewomen (Atlantic 10 Conference)(2017–2023) | |||||||||
2016–17 | UMass | 9–21 | 3–13 | 13th | |||||
2017–18 | UMass | 14–16 | 6–10 | 10th | |||||
2018–19 | UMass | 16–16 | 7–9 | 10th | |||||
2019–20 | UMass | 20–11 | 9–7 | T-4th | |||||
2020–21 | UMass | 16–8 | 7–5 | 7th | WNIT First Round | ||||
2021–22 | UMass | 26–7 | 11–4 | 3rd | NCAA First Round | ||||
2022–23 | UMass | 26–6 | 14–2 | T–1st | WNIT Second Round | ||||
Massachusetts: | 127–85 (.599) | 57–50 (.533) | |||||||
Pittsburgh Panthers (Atlantic Coast Conference)(2023–Current) | |||||||||
2023–24 | Pittsburgh | 8–24 | 2–16 | T–14th | |||||
Pittsburgh: | 8–24 (.250) | 2–16 (.111) | |||||||
Total: | 210–177 (.543) | ||||||||
National champion Postseason invitational champion |
Verdi is from New Britain, Connecticut and graduated from Keene State College in New Hampshire in 1996 with a degree in elementary education. He earned a master's degree in computer technology from the University of Hartford.
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