[2] Pecora, a veteran with 14 years of experience as a head coach at the Division I level, entered his third season at Quinnipiac in 2019–20.

Pecora was promoted to the position of head coach at Hofstra University in 2001, taking over for Jay Wright.

[3][4] Following his time at Hofstra, Pecora took over as the permanent replacement at Fordham University[5] after the program fired Dereck Whittenburg during the 2009–10 season.

As a head coach at Hofstra, he compiled a 155–126 mark in nine seasons, leading the Pride to four postseason appearances (three NIT and one CBI), more than any team in New York City over that nine-year span.

Over his entire collegiate basketball coaching career, Pecora has a student-athlete graduation rate of 100 percent.