# Tommy Dempsey

Tommy Dempsey (born January 27, 1974) is an American college basketball coach and former head men's basketball coach at Binghamton University and Rider.

## Coaching career

Dempsey began his college coaching career in 2000 as the head coach at Keystone College, where he led the team to a 55–8 record in two seasons guiding the team to a NJCAA Division III Final Four appearance. For the 2002–03 season, Dempsey spent a season at Lackawanna College where he guided the team the NJCAA Division II title game and a 33–4 overall record.

### Rider

Dempsey joined the coaching staff at Rider as an assistant in 2003, serving in the position for two seasons before being elevated to head coach during the 2005–06 season as the Broncs went 8–20. The team doubled its win total a year later and by his third year at the helm, Rider recorded a school record 23-win season with the help of future NBA first round pick Jason Thompson. Over the next four years, Dempsey had 82 wins, which was the most in Rider history, while also guiding the team to three postseason appearances.
Dempsey compiled a 119–105 record in seven seasons at Rider.

### Binghamton

Dempsey was hired at Binghamton in May 2012, taking over for Mark Macon, inheriting a team that went 2–29 in 2011–12. After nine seasons and a 72–194 overall record, Dempsey's contract was not renewed.

## Head coaching record
### College

Statistics overview :
| Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason |
| Keystone College (EPCC) (2000–2002) ||||||
| 2000–01 | Keystone | 26–4 | N/A | N/A | |
| 2001–02 | Keystone | 29–4 | N/A | N/A | NJCAA Final Four |
| Keystone: | Keystone: | 55–8 (.873) | N/A | | |
| Lackawanna College (Garden State Athletic Conference) (2002–2003) ||||||
| 2002–03 | Lackawanna | 33–4 | N/A | N/A | NJCAA Runner Up |
| Lackawanna: | Lackawanna: | 33–4 (.892) | N/A | | |
| Rider (MAAC) (2005–2012) ||||||
| 2005–06 | Rider | 8–20 | 4–14 | 10th | |
| 2006–07 | Rider | 16–15 | 9–9 | 7th | |
| 2007–08 | Rider | 23–11 | 13–5 | T-1st | CBI First Round |
| 2008–09 | Rider | 19–13 | 12–6 | 3rd | CIT First Round |
| 2009–10 | Rider | 17–16 | 9–9 | 6th | |
| 2010–11 | Rider | 23–11 | 13–5 | 2nd | CIT First Round |
| 2011–12 | Rider | 13–19 | 10–8 | 5th | |
| Rider: | Rider: | 119–105 (.531) | 70–56 (.556) | | |
| Binghamton (America East Conference) (2012–2021) ||||||
| 2012–13 | Binghamton | 3–27 | 1–15 | 9th | |
| 2013–14 | Binghamton | 7–23 | 4–12 | 7th | |
| 2014–15 | Binghamton | 6–26 | 5–11 | 7th | |
| 2015–16 | Binghamton | 8–22 | 5–11 | 6th | |
| 2016–17 | Binghamton | 12–20 | 3–13 | T–8th | |
| 2017–18 | Binghamton | 11–20 | 2–14 | 9th | |
| 2018–19 | Binghamton | 10–23 | 5–11 | 7th | |
| 2019–20 | Binghamton | 10–19 | 4–12 | 9th | |
| 2020–21 | Binghamton | 4–14 | 4–10 | 9th | |
| Binghamton: | Binghamton: | 72–194 (.271) | 34–108 (.239) | | |
| Total: | Total: | 279–310 (.474) | | | |
| National champion   Postseason invitational champion   Conference regular season champion   Conference regular season and conference tournament champion  Division regular season champion  Division regular season and conference tournament champion  Conference tournament champion ||||||