| Tommy Restivo | |
| Birth Place: | Toledo, OH |
| Player Years1: | 20??–2006 |
| Player Team1: | Georgetown (KY) |
| Player Positions: | Linebacker |
| Coach Years1: | 2007 |
| Coach Team1: | Marshall (GA) |
| Coach Years2: | 2008–2009 |
| Coach Team2: | Florida (DQC) |
| Coach Years3: | 2010–2011 |
| Coach Team3: | Louisville (DQC) |
| Coach Years4: | 2012–2013 |
| Coach Team4: | Louisville (DB) |
| Coach Years5: | 2014–2015 |
| Coach Team5: | South Carolina State (DC/DB) |
| Coach Years6: | 2016 |
| Coach Team6: | McNeese State (DC) |
| Coach Years7: | 2017 |
| Coach Team7: | South Carolina State (DC) |
| Coach Years8: | 2018 |
| Coach Team8: | South Florida (S) |
| Coach Years9: | 2019 |
| Coach Team9: | UMass (Co-DC/LB) |
| Coach Years10: | 2020–2021 |
| Coach Team10: | UMass (DC/LB) |
Tommy Restivo is an American football coach and former player. He was the defensive coordinator at the University of Massachusetts Amherst.
Restivo lettered at linebacker while playing for the Tigers of Georgetown College, graduating in 2006.[1]
Following his playing career, Restivo joined the coaching staff at Marshall as a graduate assistant for the 2007 season. In 2008 and 2009, he was a defensive quality control coach at Florida, working for defensive coordinator Charlie Strong. They won the BCS National Championship in 2009. In 2010, when Strong was hired as the head coach at Louisville, Restivo followed him. He worked as a defensive quality control coach in 2010 and 2011, before being promoted to defensive backs coach in 2012 and 2013.
From 2014 through 2017, Restivo was a defensive coordinator at the FCS level. In ’14 and ’15, he was the defensive coordinator on Buddy Pough at South Carolina State. His defenses here ranked in the top 10 in the FCS multiple categories. In 2016, Restivo joined Lance Guidry’s staff at McNeese State as the defensive coordinator,[2] before returning to South Carolina State in 2017. He again served as the defensive coordinator.[3]
In 2018, Restivo reunited with Charlie Strong when he joined the staff at South Florida as the safeties coach. That season, he helped coach a defense that forced 22 turnovers.
For the 2019 season, Restivo joined new head coach Walt Bell’s staff at UMass as the co-defensive coordinator and linebackers coach. Coach was let go with the Walt Bell on November 7. Athletic Director Ryan Bamford wished both men good luck.[4]
Restivo is from Plainfield, IN. He graduated with a degree in Kinesiology.