Tom Parrotta | |
Current Title: | Assistant coach |
Current Team: | Hofstra |
Current Conference: | CAA |
Birth Date: | 3 May 1966 |
Player Years1: | 1984–1988 |
Player Team1: | Fordham |
Coach Years1: | 1994–1995 |
Coach Team1: | Nazareth (asst.) |
Coach Years2: | 1995–2001 |
Coach Team2: | Niagara (asst.) |
Coach Years3: | 2001–2006 |
Coach Team3: | Hofstra (asst.) |
Coach Years4: | 2006–2012 |
Coach Team4: | Canisius |
Coach Years5: | 2012–2015 |
Coach Team5: | Fordham (asst.) |
Coach Years6: | 2015–2019 |
Coach Team6: | Fairfield (asst.) |
Coach Years7: | 2020–2021 |
Coach Team7: | Columbia (asst.) |
Coach Years8: | 2021–present |
Coach Team8: | Hofstra (asst.) |
Overall Record: | 64–121 |
Tom Parrotta (born May 3, 1966) is an American college basketball coach, currently an assistant coach at Hofstra[1] and former head men's basketball coach at Canisius College.[2]
Parrotta played college basketball at Fordham and played professionally in Portugal. He got his coaching start at Nazareth College after his mother spent $600 to send him to the Final Four. Parrotta was an assistant at Niagara from 1995 to 2001. He served as an assistant at Hofstra from 2001 to 2006, when he was hired at Canisius.[3] He was fired from Canisius in 2012, after posting a 5-25 record.[4] In 2012, Parrotta was named an assistant coach at Fordham,[5] later joining the Fairfield staff in 2015 and Columbia in 2020. In 2021, Parrotta returned to Hofstra for his second stint as an assistant coach.