Tim Pendergast

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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1958|8|15}}

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| coach_years1 = 1980

| coach_team1 = Ithaca (GA)

| coach_years2 = 1981–1982

| coach_team2 = Cornell (freshmen)

| coach_years3 = 1983–1989

| coach_team3 = Cornell (DB)

| coach_years4 = 1990–1991

| coach_team4 = Northwestern (assistant)

| coach_years5 = 1992

| coach_team5 = Maine (DB)

| coach_years6 = 1993–1994

| coach_team6 = James Madison (DB)

| coach_years7 = 1995–1996

| coach_team7 = James Madison (DC/DB)

| coach_years8 = 1997–1999

| coach_team8 = Memphis (DB)

| coach_years9 = 2000

| coach_team9 = Hamilton

| coach_years10 = 2001–2003

| coach_team10 = Cornell

| coach_years11 = 2006

| coach_team11 = Ithaca (DB)

| overall_record = 9–28

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Tim Pendergast (born August 15, 1958) is an American former college football coach. He served as the head football coach at Hamilton College in 2000 and at Cornell University from 2001 to 2003, compiling a career head coaching record of 9–28.

Pendergast graduated from State University of New York at Cortland and earned a master's degree from Ithaca College, where he began his coaching career as an assistant in 1980. He was then an assistant coach at Cornell from 1981 to 1989.{{cite news |last=Feaver |first=Christopher |title=Prendergast takes the helm |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-ithaca-journal/123866377/ |newspaper=The Ithaca Journal |location=Ithaca, New York |date=January 20, 2001 |page=7B |access-date=May 1, 2023 |via=Newspapers.com {{Open access}} }}{{cite news |last=Feaver |first=Christopher |title=Coach (continued) |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-ithaca-journal/123866488/ |newspaper=The Ithaca Journal |location=Ithaca, New York |date=January 20, 2001 |page=11B |access-date=May 1, 2023 |via=Newspapers.com {{Open access}} }} He first served as the freshman coach from 1981 to 1982 before being named the defensive backs coach in 1983.{{Cite news |date=June 18, 1983 |title=Cornell grid staff complete |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-ithaca-journal-cornell-grid-staff-co/147936354/ |access-date=May 23, 2024 |work=The Ithaca Journal |pages=16}} After a stint as an assistant for Northwestern he was hired as the defensive backs coach for Maine.{{Cite news |last=Dowd |first=Mike |date=April 11, 1992 |title=UM grid practice begins |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-bangor-daily-news-um-grid-practice-b/147936476/ |access-date=May 23, 2024 |work=The Bangor Daily News |pages=18}} In 1993, he accepted the same position for James Madison.{{Cite news |last=Lowe |first=Mike |date=March 2, 1993 |title=Maine coach moves on |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/kennebec-journal-maine-coach-moves-on/147936531/ |access-date=May 23, 2024 |work=Kennebec Journal |pages=18}} He was promoted to defensive coordinator in 1995.{{Cite news |last=O'Connor |first=John |date=October 10, 1996 |title=JMU's Stein is always hurt, always present in the lineup |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/richmond-times-dispatch-jmus-stein-is-a/147936606/ |access-date=May 23, 2024 |work=Richmond Times-Dispatch |pages=36}} In 1997, he reverted back to his role of defensive backs coach when he was hired by Memphis.{{Cite news |date=January 2, 1997 |title=Tiger assistant coach is hired |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-shelby-sun-times-tiger-assistant-coa/147936674/ |access-date=May 23, 2024 |work=The Shelby Sun Times |pages=15}}

Pendergast was fired from his position at Cornell in November 2003. He 2003 Cornell team lost its final nine games to finish the season with a record of 1–9 and last place in the Ivy League. The nine-game losing streak was the second-longest in the history of the Cornell Big Red football program, topped only a ten-game losing streak in 1975 and 1976 under head coach George Seifert. In his three seasons as head coach Cornell, Pendergast's teams had an overall record of 7–22 with a mark of 5–16 in Ivy League play.{{cite news |last=Feaver |first=Christopher |title=Cornell Fires Prendergast |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-ithaca-journal/123865556/ |newspaper=The Ithaca Journal |location=Ithaca, New York |date=November 26, 2003 |page=4B |access-date=May 1, 2023 |via=Newspapers.com {{Open access}} }}{{cite news |last=Feaver |first=Christopher |title=Prendergast (continued) |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-ithaca-journal/123865598/ |newspaper=The Ithaca Journal |location=Ithaca, New York |date=November 26, 2003 |page=7B |access-date=May 1, 2023 |via=Newspapers.com {{Open access}} }}