This 4x Connecticut Huskies Texas Longhorn Tom Penders Autograph Ticket Cards is the exact item you will receive and has been certified Authentic by REM Fine Collectibles.
Penders played both baseball and basketball at the University of Connecticut, where he starred as a center fielder for the baseball team and a point guard for the basketball team from 1964 to 1967.
He was the 116th overall selection in the eighth round of the 1968 Major League Baseball (MLB) January Draft by the Cleveland Indians. His professional baseball playing experience lasted one year in the Cleveland organization where he split his 1968 season between the Rock Hill Chiefs and Waterbury Indians.
He last coached from 2004 through 2010 at the University of Houston. He is from Stratford, Connecticut and has a 649–437 career record.
As a college athlete, Penders played both basketball and baseball for the University of Connecticut, and is one of the few players to have competed in both the NCAA tournament as well as the College World Series.
Prior to his last job as Houston's head coach, Penders was a sports analyst for ESPN and Westwood One Radio. He also has been the head coach for Tufts, Columbia, Fordham, Rhode Island, Texas, and George Washington.
Coach Penders developed a reputation as both “Turnaround Tom” and “Tournament Tom” because he proved that he could turn basketball programs into consistent winners and get the most out of his players in March.
He is one of three coaches to reach three “Sweet 16s” as a double-digit seed in the NCAA basketball tournament, becoming the first NCAA head basketball coach to accomplish that feat with his 1996–97 Texas Longhorns team.
In his 10 seasons at the University of Texas, Penders compiled a 208–110 record. During his time there, he became the winningest basketball coach in school history (although now passed by former Texas and now Tennessee coach Rick Barnes).
He led the Longhorns to three Southwest Conference championships and eight NCAA Tournament appearances, including an Elite Eight in 1990, and the Sweet 16 in 1997. His teams at Texas averaged 20.8 wins per season, 87.2 points per game, and forced 19 turnovers per contest.
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