Tory Verdi

Last updated
Tory Verdi
Current position
TitleHead coach
Team Pittsburgh
Conference ACC
Record8–24 (.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
Overall210–177 (.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]

Contents

Head coaching record

Statistics overview
SeasonTeamOverallConferenceStandingPostseason
Columbia Lions (Ivy League)(2004–2005)
2004–05Columbia 3–73–76th
Columbia:3–7 (.300)3–7 (.300)
Eastern Michigan Eagles (Mid-American Conference)(2012–2016)
2012–13Eastern Michigan 8–226–119th
2013–14 Eastern Michigan 18–147–128th WBI Second Round
2014–15 Eastern Michigan 24–1311–7T- 2nd West WNIT Third Round
2015–16 Eastern Michigan 22–1210–84th West WNIT Second Round
Eastern Michigan:72–61 (.541)34–38 (.472)
Massachusetts Minutewomen (Atlantic 10 Conference)(2017–2023)
2016–17 UMass 9–213–1313th
2017–18 UMass 14–166–1010th
2018–19 UMass 16–167–910th
2019–20 UMass 20–119–7T-4th
2020–21 UMass 16–87–57th WNIT First Round
2021–22 UMass 26–711–43rd NCAA First Round
2022–23 UMass 26–614–2T–1st WNIT Second Round
Massachusetts:127–85 (.599)57–50 (.533)
Pittsburgh Panthers (Atlantic Coast Conference)(2023–Current)
2023–24 Pittsburgh 8–242–16T–14th
Pittsburgh:8–24 (.250)2–16 (.111)
Total:210–177 (.543)

      National champion        Postseason invitational champion  
      Conference regular season champion        Conference regular season and conference tournament champion
      Division regular season champion      Division regular season and conference tournament champion
      Conference tournament champion

Personal

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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References

  1. "UMass basketball: Tory Verdi leaving Minutewomen for Pittsburgh". www.gazettenet.com.