Tom Abatemarco

Tom Abatemarco (born October 3, 1949) is an American college basketball coach, currently an assistant for the Iona Gaels of the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC). Abatemarco has previously been a head coach at Lamar, Drake and Sacramento State. He was also an assistant to Jim Valvano on the 1983 national champion NC State team and spent time as a professional assistant in the Women's National Basketball Association and the NBA Development League.

Tom Abatemarco

Current position
Title	Assistant coach
Team	Iona
Conference	MAAC
Biographical details
Born	(1949-10-03) October 3, 1949 (age 75)
Playing career
1971–1974	Dowling
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1974–1975	NYIT (assistant)
1975–1977	Iona (assistant)
1977–1978	Davidson (assistant)
1978–1979	St. John's (assistant)
1979–1981	Maryland (assistant)
1981–1982	Virginia Tech (assistant)
1982–1986	NC State (assistant)
1986–1988	Lamar
1988–1990	Drake
1991–1994	Colorado (assistant)
1994–1997	Rutgers (assistant)
1997–2000	Sacramento State
2003–2008	Sacramento Monarchs (assistant)
2003–2004	Utah (assistant)
2008–2009	Reno Bighorns (assistant)
2010–2012	Colorado (assistant)
2013–2014	Loyola Marymount (assistant)
2014–2015	Tulsa (assistant)
2015–2018	Florida Gulf Coast (assistant)
2020–present	Iona (assistant)
Head coaching record
Overall	70–121

Abatemarco's best season as a head coach came with Lamar in the 1987–88 season where the team won 20 games. He then moved to Drake, but his tenure there was short. After a player revolt in his second season he resigned his post on February 20, 1990.^[1]

In 2020, Abatemarco was hired by Rick Pitino as an assistant at Iona, marking his 21st coaching stop.^[2]