Tom Gilmore

Who is Tom Gilmore?

Tom Gilmore is an American football coach and former player. He is currently the head coach at the College of the Holy Cross in Worcester, Massachusetts, a position he had held since the 2004 season. Gilmore is an alumnus of the University of Pennsylvania and a former defensive lineman on the Penn Quakers football team. Prior to taking the head coaching position at Holy Cross, Gilmore served as an assistant at Penn, Columbia University, Dartmouth College and Lehigh University. Gilmore also played one season for the British Columbia Lions of the Canadian Football League. Gilmore was born in Philadelphia, PA to Irish born parents; Jack Gilmore & Sarah "Sadie" Boyce Gilmore. He has older brothers John and Jim & two younger siblings, Mike and sister Mary Ann. He attended St Bartholomew Parish grade school and then Northeast Catholic High School for boys. At North he was a 1st team All-Catholic in football and wrestling. He was a 1982 North Catholic graduate and was inducted into that school's Alumni Hall of Fame in April, 2014. As a football player at U of Pennsylvania he was a 4 time Ivy league Champion.