Director of Football
Operations
Tim Pendergast began his first season as UConn’s Director of Football
Operations in July of 2008. In that role, Pendergast will help direct all of
UConn’s day-to-day operations including team travel, preseason camp, player
housing, budgetary matters and other logistical concerns.
Pendergast worked as a college football coach for 25 years,
most notably serving as head coach at Cornell (2001-03) and Hamilton College
(2000). Pendergast also worked on the staffs of Ithaca (1980, 2006), Cornell
(1981-89), Northwestern (1990-92), Maine (1992), James Madison (1993-96) and
Memphis (1997-99). He most recently worked for the SportsLink Management Group
as the National Director of its Coaches Division.
Pendergast received his bachelor’s degree in physical
education from Cortland in 1980 and a master’s in physical education from Ithaca
in 1986. A native of Syracuse, N.Y., Pendergast and his wife, Leslie, have three
children, Greg (16), Taylor (13) and Lia (6).
