Vincent Pecora started at The Valley as Director of Athletic Communications in February 2022 after spending 11+ years at fellow Middle Atlantic Conference (MAC) school King’s College including almost eight years as the Assistant Director of Sports Information.
Pecora is a member of College Sports Communicators (CSC) and Eastern Athletic Communications Association (East-Comm). He also currently serves on the MAC Awards Committee.
A 2009 King's College graduate, Pecora earned a bachelor's degree in business administration with a minor in marketing. While at King's, he was a four-year member of the cross country team and was a Middle Atlantic Conference Academic Honor Roll selection. As a senior, he was presented the Monarch Merit Award for combined excellence in academics and athletics. He was a member of college’s club track and field team for three years, using the spring semester of his senior year to prepare to run the New Jersey Marathon which he completed in May 2009.
Pecora was a member of King's Student-Athlete Advisory Committee from 2007-2009 and served as SAAC President as a senior during the 2008-09 academic year. In addition, Pecora attended the NCAA Division III Student-Athlete Leadership Conference in 2008. He was also his Senior Class Representative in King's Student Government in 2008-09.
After graduating from King’s Pecora worked at Hunter College (NY) as an athletic department intern from September 2009 to August 2010, where he also worked in the sports information office. At Hunter Pecora was responsible for the management of on campus bulletin boards keeping them updated with information for varsity sports, intramurals, and recreation.
He assisted with writing news releases, compiling sports statistics, photography and video of athletic teams and events, and assisting in maintaining the Hunter athletics website. Pecora also oversaw the day to day operations of recreation and intramurals including locker room management, inventory, and served as a supervisor for student workers. He was awarded the Purple & Gold Award for his work and dedication throughout the year in support of the student-athletes and promotion of the athletic department at Hunter.
While at Hunter, Pecora also served as the college's marketing intern for American Collegiate Intramural Sports (ACIS) where he was responsible for executing ACIS sponsored events and promotions on campus. In the summer of 2012 Pecora returned to Hunter and worked as a summer equipment assistant where he was responsible for the inventory of all uniforms, practice gear, and equipment. He also developed the reorganization of the equipment room and storage closet.
In 2010, Pecora returned to King's as an athletic department assistant and cross country assistant coach. Pecora was responsible for ticket sales at all home ticket selling events, supervising student workers, and assisting with the day-to-day operations of the department.
Pecora was also an assistant coach for the cross country team where he was responsible for the registration of the team into meets, recording times at the meets, and for assisting at daily practices including the setup of workouts. He also aided the King's sports information office on a part-time basis where he helped compile game statistics during a variety of home contests.
While at King’s Pecora entered graduate school and received his master’s degree in healthcare administration from King’s in May 2013. After receiving his master’s degree Pecora left the cross country staff and took a position as an assistant women’s basketball coach at King’s. As a member of the women’s basketball staff, he assisted in the daily running of practice, editing and reviewing film, recruiting prospective athletes and individual workouts with athletes during the season. Pecora retired from his coaching duties after four years on the women’s basketball staff.
Pecora is an avid sports fan and has worked many athletic events including the 2011 Division III ECAC Indoor Track and Field Championships at the NYC Armory; the 2012 NCAA Division III Women’s Basketball Tournament First and Second Rounds at King’s; the 2013 NCAA Division III Men’s Soccer Tournament First Round at King’s; the 2014 NCAA Division III East Regional Wrestling Championship at King’s; the 2022 NCAA Division III Baseball Tournament Annville Regional at Lebanon Valley; the 2023 NCAA Division III Softball Tournament Annville Regional at Lebanon Valley; along with numerous regular season and conference championship events during his time at Hunter College, King’s College, and Lebanon Valley. During the spring and summer of 2010, he worked as a timer for track and field meets at Icahn Stadium on Randall’s Island in New York City.
A native of Highland Park, N.J. and 2005 graduate of Immaculata High School, Pecora currently resides in Laflin, Pa.
