Tim Pendergast (born August 15, 1958) is an American former

college football College football (french: Football universitaire) refers to gridiron football played by teams of student athletes. It was through college football play that American football rules first gained popularity in the United States. Unlike most ...

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. 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.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Pendergast, Tim 1958 births Living people Cornell Big Red football coaches Hamilton Continentals football coaches Ithaca Bombers football coaches James Madison Dukes football coaches Maine Black Bears football coaches Memphis Tigers football coaches Northwestern Wildcats football coaches UConn Huskies football coaches Ithaca College alumni State University of New York at Cortland alumni