Tom Gilmore
Biographical details
Born (1964-09-25) September 25, 1964
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Alma materUniversity of Pennsylvania
Playing career
1982–1985Penn
1986BC Lions
1988New York Knights
Position(s)Defensive lineman
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1986Penn (GA)
1987–1989Columbia (DL)
1990–1991Penn (OL)
1992–1995Dartmouth (OL)
1996Dartmouth (LB)
1997–1999Dartmouth (DC)
2000–2003Lehigh (DC)
2004–2017Holy Cross
2018Wake Forest (OLB)
2019–2022Lehigh
Head coaching record
Overall81–108 (.429)
Tournaments0–1 (.000) (NCAA D-I playoffs)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
Awards
  • Ivy League Player of the Year (1985)
  • NFF & College Hall of Fame Scholar-Athlete (1985)
  • AFCA Assistant Coach of the Year (2001)
  • 2× Patriot League Coach of the Year (2006, 2009)
  • New England Coach of the Year (2009)

Tom Gilmore (born September 25, 1964) is an American college football coach and former player. He was head coach of the Holy Cross Crusaders from 2004 to 2017 and the Lehigh University Mountain Hawks from 2019 to 2022.

Early life and education

Gilmore was born in Philadelphia to Ireland-born parents Jack Gilmore and Sarah "Sadie" (Boyce) Gilmore. He has four siblings, John, Jim (an Ohio State and NFL player), Mike (a Lycoming College Athletic Hall of Fame member), and Mary Ann.

Gilmore attended St. Bartholomew Parish grade school and then Northeast Catholic High School for Boys. At Northeast, he was selected to the All-Catholic League teams in football, wrestling, and track and field. He graduated in 1982 from Northeast Catholic with high honors and was awareded the school's Provincial's Medal of Honor.

Gilmore played attended the University of Pennsylvania, where he was an Academic All-American for the Penn Quakers football team. He graduated from the University of Pennsylvania in 1986, with a bachelor's degree in computer mathematics.[1]

Penn Quakers football

Gilmore was a defensive lineman for the Penn Quakers. He also played one summer for the British Columbia Lions of the Canadian Football League and one summer for the New York Knights of the Arena Football League.

As a college football player at the University of Pennsylvania, he was a four-time Ivy League champion and was named team captain in 1985. He was selected three times as an All-Ivy League defensive lineman, a second team All-American in 1984, and a third team All-American in 1985.

He received Penn's top male scholar-athlete at graduation and was selected as one of the 12 members of the National Football Foundation and College Football Hall of Fame Scholar-Athlete Team in December 1985. He was named to the University of Pennsylvania Football All-Time Team in 2020, to its All-Century Team in 2000, and was inducted into the Penn Athletics Hall of Fame in 2017.

College football coaching career

Gilmore served as an assistant coach at the University of Pennsylvania, Columbia University, Dartmouth College, and Lehigh University. His first stint as a college football head coach was with the College of the Holy Cross, where he is second on the program's all-time coaching wins list. At Holy Cross, he won a Patriot League title in 2009. The 2009 team lost to eventual national champion Villanova in the national playoffs and completed the season ranked 14th nationally.

From 2019 to 2022, Gilmore was the head coach of Lehigh University,[2] where his cumulative four-year record was 9–27.[3]

Head coaching record

Year Team Overall ConferenceStanding Bowl/playoffs
Holy Cross Crusaders (Patriot League) (2004–2017)
2004 Holy Cross 3–81–56th
2005 Holy Cross 6–53–34th
2006 Holy Cross 7–44–23rd
2007 Holy Cross 7–44–22nd
2008 Holy Cross 7–45–12nd
2009 Holy Cross 9–35–11stL NCAA Division I First Round
2010 Holy Cross 6–54–2T–2nd
2011 Holy Cross 6–54–22nd
2012 Holy Cross 2–92–44th
2013 Holy Cross 3–91–5T–6th
2014 Holy Cross 4–82–4T–5th
2015 Holy Cross 6–53–34th
2016 Holy Cross 4–72–46th
2017 Holy Cross 2–5*1–1*
Holy Cross: 72–8141–40
Lehigh Mountain Hawks (Patriot League) (2019–2022)
2019 Lehigh 4–73–3T–3rd
2020 Lehigh 0–30–33rd (South)
2021 Lehigh 3–83–34th
2022 Lehigh 2–92–4T–4th
Lehigh: 9–278–13
Total:81–108
      National championship         Conference title         Conference division title or championship game berth

* Fired after 7 games

References

  1. ↑ "Holy Cross Head Coach Tom Gilmore" (PDF). College of the Holy Cross. College of the Holy Cross. Retrieved 27 December 2014.
  2. ↑ Groller, Keith (21 Nov 2022). "Lehigh football coach Tom Gilmore resigns after four seasons". The Morning Call. Retrieved 23 November 2022.
  3. ↑ "Tom Gilmore resigns after four seasons as Lehigh University football coach". WFMZ.com. 21 Nov 2022. Retrieved 23 November 2022.
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