Tom Brennan (basketball coach)
| Sport(s) | Basketball |
|---|---|
| Biographical details | |
| Born |
May 2, 1949 Phillipsburg, New Jersey |
| Playing career | |
| 1968–1971 | Georgia |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1971–1972 | Georgia (asst.) |
| 1972–1973 | Seton Hall (asst.) |
| 1973–1975 | Villanova (asst.) |
| 1976–1977 | FDU-Florham |
| 1977–1982 | William & Mary (asst.) |
| 1982–1986 | Yale |
| 1986–2005 | Vermont |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 310-334 (.474) |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
|
America East regular season (2002, 2005) America East Tournament (2003–2005) |
|
| Awards | |
| America East Coach of the Year (1992, 1998, 2002) | |
Tom Brennan (born May 2, 1949) is a radio and television sportscaster and former men's basketball head coach at the University of Vermont from 1986 to 2005.
Raised in Phillipsburg, New Jersey, Brennan graduated as the all-time leading scorer at Phillipsburg Catholic High School. Brennan graduated from the University of Georgia in 1971, where, as a senior, he received the men's basketball team leadership award.
He began his coaching after graduating in the fall of 1971 as a graduate assistant at Georgia under Ken Rosemond. Sandwiched around a year as head basketball and baseball coach at Division III Fairleigh Dickinson University in Madison, New Jersey, Brennan was an assistant under college basketball coaches Rollie Massimino at Villanova, Bill Raftery at Seton Hall and Bruce Parkhill at William & Mary. In 1982 he was named head coach at Yale where he crafted a four-year record of 46–58 including back-to-back seasons of 14–12 and 13–13. At Yale he coached players such as Earl "Butch" Graves and NBA veteran Chris Dudley.
In 19 years at Vermont, Brennan led the Catamounts to four 20+ win seasons, three America East championships and UVM's first three NCAA Tournament appearances, including the school's first NCAA Tournament win over BIG EAST champion Syracuse in 2005. Brennan is one of two coaches in America East history to lead his team to three consecutive conference titles.
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