Tom Penders is one of the winningest coaches in NCAA Division I history: part east coast gym rat, part standup comic, and now co-author of the acclaimed book, “Dead Coach Walking.”. Tom coached for almost four decades steering programs at 7 universities: Tufts, Columbia, Fordham, Rhode Island, Texas, George Washington and Houston. His success in lifting each of them from the depths of ‘death row’ to winning glory land lead to his nickname of “Turnaround Tom” More about Tom can be seen on his web site: www.tompenders.com. His recent book tour had him on most every sports radio station in America. He has been on ESPN numerous times talking about the status of college athletics in general and Division 1 Basketball in particular. In between coaching jobs Tom has appeared as a game analyst and studio commentator on ESPN, CBS College Sports and CBS/Westwood One radio.