Tory Verdi

{{short description|American basketball coach}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=June 2025}}

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| current_title = Head coach

| current_team = Pittsburgh

| current_conference = ACC

| current_record = {{Winning percentage|21|43|record=y}}

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| alma_mater = Keene State College (BA)
Hartford (MS)

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| coach_years1 = 2004–2005

| coach_team1 = Columbia

| coach_years2 = 2005–2010

| coach_team2 = Nebraska (assistant)

| coach_years3 = 2010–2012

| coach_team3 = Kansas (assistant)

| coach_years4 = 2012–2016

| coach_team4 = Eastern Michigan

| coach_years5 = 2016–2023

| coach_team5 = UMass

| coach_years6 = 2023–present

| coach_team6 = Pittsburgh

| overall_record = {{Winning percentage|223|196|record=y}}

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Tory Verdi is an American women's basketball coach with the Pittsburgh Panthers women's basketball team of the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC). He was named to the position on April 6, 2023.{{Cite web |title=UMass basketball: Tory Verdi leaving Minutewomen for Pittsburgh |url=https://www.gazettenet.com/UMass-coach-Tory-Verdi-reportedly-leaving-for-job-at-Pittsburgh-50546342 |website=www.gazettenet.com}}

Head coaching record

{{CBB yearly record start | type =coach | conference = | postseason= }}

{{CBB Yearly Record Subhead |name=Columbia Lions |conference=Ivy League |startyear =2004 |endyear=2005 }}

{{CBB yearly record entry|championship=|season=2004–05|name=Columbia|overall =3–7|conference=3–7|confstanding=6th|postseason =}}

{{CBB yearly record subtotal| name= Columbia|overall={{Winning percentage|3|7|record=y}} |confrecord ={{Winning percentage|3|7|record=y}} }}

{{CBB Yearly Record Subhead |name=Eastern Michigan Eagles |conference=Mid-American Conference |startyear =2012 |endyear=2016 }}

{{CBB yearly record entry|championship=|season=2012–13|name=Eastern Michigan|overall =8–22|conference=6–11|confstanding=9th|postseason =}}

{{CBB yearly record entry|championship=|season=2013–14|name=Eastern Michigan|overall =18–14|conference=7–12|confstanding=8th|postseason =WBI Second Round}}

{{CBB yearly record entry|championship=|season=2014–15|name=Eastern Michigan|overall =24–13|conference=11–7|confstanding=T- 2nd West|postseason =WNIT Third Round}}

{{CBB yearly record entry|championship=|season=2015–16|name=Eastern Michigan|overall =22–12|conference=10–8|confstanding=4th West|postseason =WNIT Second Round}}

{{CBB yearly record subtotal| name= Eastern Michigan |overall={{Winning percentage|72|61|record=y}} |confrecord ={{Winning percentage|34|38|record=y}} }}

{{CBB Yearly Record Subhead |name=Massachusetts Minutewomen |conference=Atlantic 10 Conference |startyear =2017 |endyear=2023 }}

{{CBB yearly record entry|championship=|season=2016–17|name=UMass|overall =9–21|conference=3–13|confstanding=13th|postseason =}}

{{CBB yearly record entry|championship=|season=2017–18|name=UMass|overall =14–16|conference=6–10|confstanding=10th|postseason =}}

{{CBB yearly record entry|championship=|season=2018–19|name=UMass|overall =16–16|conference=7–9|confstanding=10th|postseason =}}

{{CBB yearly record entry|championship=|season=2019–20|name=UMass|overall =20–11|conference=9–7|confstanding=T-4th|postseason =}}

{{CBB yearly record entry|championship=|season=2020–21|name=UMass|overall =16–8|conference=7–5|confstanding=7th|postseason =WNIT First Round}}

{{CBB yearly record entry|championship=conference tournament|season=2021–22|name=UMass|overall =26–7|conference= 11–4|confstanding=3rd|postseason =NCAA First Round}}

{{CBB yearly record entry|championship=conference|season=2022–23|name=UMass|overall =26–6|conference= 14–2|confstanding=T–1st|postseason =WNIT Second Round}}

{{CBB yearly record subtotal| name= Massachusetts|overall={{Winning percentage|127|85|record=y}} |confrecord ={{Winning percentage|57|50|record=y}} }}

{{CBB Yearly Record Subhead |name=Pittsburgh Panthers |conference=Atlantic Coast Conference |startyear =2023 |endyear=Current }}

{{CBB yearly record entry|championship=|season=2023–24|name=Pittsburgh|overall =8–24|conference= 2–16|confstanding=T–14th|postseason =}}

{{CBB yearly record entry|championship=|season=2024–25|name=Pittsburgh|overall =13–19|conference= 5–13|confstanding=15th|postseason =}}

{{CBB yearly record subtotal| name= Pittsburgh|overall={{Winning percentage|21|43|record=y}} |confrecord ={{Winning percentage|7|29|record=y}} }}

{{CBB yearly record end| overall={{Winning percentage|223|196|record=y}} | legend = }}

Personal

Verdi is from New Britain, Connecticut and graduated from Keene State College in New Hampshire in 1996 with a degree in elementary education. He earned a master's degree in computer technology from the University of Hartford.

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