Tom Sullivan Net Worth, Age, Height, Bio, Birthday, Wiki!

Publish date: 2024-06-24

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Tom Sullivan Biography

Tom Sullivan is one of the most popular and richest Basketball Coach who was born on April 18, 1950 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. College basketball coach in New Hampshire and Maryland. He completed his final ten seasons coaching at Baltimore County’s University of Maryland, Baltimore County and won several coaching awards before stepping down in 2004.

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Sullivan grew up in the Bronx, New York City. He played collegiately at Fordham University and was a four-year letterwinner from 1968–69 through 1971–72, playing the center position. As a senior, Sullivan was the Rams’ co-captain and named the team MVP. He guided Fordham to a berth in the National Invitation Tournament where they would lose in the first round to Jacksonville. At the end of that season, Sullivan was presented with the Haggerty Award, given annually since 1935–36 to the top male collegiate basketball player in the greater New York City area. He was the co-recipient with Manhattan’s Richie Garner, becoming the first duo to share the award in its history up to that point.

Following his career at Fordham, Sullivan was chosen in the 1972 NBA Draft by the New York Knicks. He was taken in the ninth round (139th overall). Although he was drafted, Sullivan never played in the National Basketball Association. Instead, he went to Italy to play professionally in 1972–73, took the following year off to coach back in the United States, and then spent the 1974–75 playing again, only this time in Switzerland. After two seasons in three years playing as an expatriate professional basketball player, Sullivan returned to the United States to pursue coaching full-time.

He married Juliana Sullivan in 1982.

NameTom Sullivan
First NameTom
Last NameSullivan
OccupationBasketball Coach
BirthdayApril 18
Birth Year1950
Place of BirthBoston
Home TownMassachusetts
Birth CountryUnited States
Birth SignAries
Full/Birth Name
ParentsThomas J. Sullivan, Marie C. Sullivan
SiblingsNot Available
SpousePatricia Steffen (m. 1969)
Children(s)Blythe Sullivan

Ethnicity, religion & political views

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When Carlesimo left after 1993–94, Sullivan was a finalist for the head coaching vacancy. The position ultimately went to George Blaney from Holy Cross. After a one-year absence from coaching, Sullivan became the new head coach at UMBC in 1995. Over the course of his nine-year coaching career at UMBC, he compiled an overall record of 106–145, becoming the second coach in program history to amass 100 wins. He named the Big South Conference Coach of the Year in 1998 after an eight-game improvement from the season before, and in 1999 was named the Northeast Conference Coach of the Year. The school had switched conferences between years, and the 1998–99 season saw the Retrievers set a league record for consecutive wins to begin a season (15) en route to the conference regular season title. Three years later, and for the first time in the program’s Division I history, UMBC won 20 games in a season under Sullivan’s guidance. After that season he signed a contract extension to be effective through the 2006–07 season. However, after a 7–21 year in 2003–04, Sullivan resigned. His career college head coaching record is 260–270 in 19 seasons.

Tom Sullivan Net Worth

Tom Sullivan is one of the richest Basketball Coach from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Tom Sullivan's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

He was an all-time letterwinner from Fordham University.

He was fired as the Coach at Maryland after being criticized for a post-game rant against the player.

Thomas Sullivan (born April 18, 1950) is an American former professional basketball player and college coach.

Net Worth$5 Million
SalaryUnder Review
Source of IncomeBasketball Coach
CarsNot Available
HouseLiving in own house.

He left New Hampshire College to take the reins at Manhattan College in which he compiled a 2–26 overall record his first year there. Sullivan only stayed one season, however, and left to become P. J. Carlesimo’s assistant at Seton Hall between 1987–88 and 1993–94. During this seven-year stretch, the Pirates made six NCAA Division I Tournaments, including a national championship game appearance in 1989, which they lost to Michigan in overtime.

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Sullivan began his coaching career as an assistant at Hunter College during the interim year between professional seasons. His next job came as an assistant coach at New Hampshire College (now Southern New Hampshire University) during 1975–76, and after only one year at the school he became its full-time head coach in 1976. Sullivan stayed at New Hampshire College from 1976–77 through 1984–85 and also concurrently served as the athletic director for much of his tenure. During his nine-year career at the NCAA Division II school, he compiled an overall record of 152–99, including three 20-win seasons. Sullivan led the team to two Division II New England Region championships (1980, 1981) as he earned regional coach of the year honors both of those years.

Who is Tom Sullivan Dating?

According to our records, Tom Sullivan married to Patricia Steffen (m. 1969). As of December 1, 2023, Tom Sullivan’s is not dating anyone.

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Facts & Trivia

Tom Ranked on the list of most popular Basketball Coach. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Tom Sullivan celebrates birthday on April 18 of every year.

Is Tom Sullivan related to Betty White?

Blind since birth, Tom was one of Betty’s closest friends and professional partners. Their dearest collaboration was a mutual devotion to a golden retriever named Dinah. This first-class guide dog was more than Tom’s best friend, she was a source of unqualified loyalty and love.

Is Sullivan blind?

Born prematurely in 1947, Tom was given too much oxygen while in an incubator. Though it saved his life, it cost him his eyesight. The “inconvenience” of being blind has never kept Tom Sullivan from competing in a world where he realized that to be equal, for him, meant that he must be better.

When did Tom Sullivan lose his sight?

Tom Sullivan (born March 27, 1947) is an entertainer, singer, actor, author, and motivational speaker. Tom made a guest appearance as Tom Straw, a wounded soldier who was blinded in the Season 5 episode “Out of Sight, Out of Mind”.

How did Tom Sullivan meet Betty White?

Sullivan, who has been blind since birth and got his start as a singer, went on to say that his relationship with White began 54 years ago when he met her and her husband Allen Ludden while singing in a small club on Cape Cod, where White and Ludden were performing in a play.

Why can't Tom Sullivan open his eyes?

Sullivan has been blind since the early days of a premature birth when, after being placed in an incubator, something went wrong with the equipment and he was deprived of his sight . . . but not his vision.

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