Tom Kovic is the founder and President of Victory Collegiate Consulting, where he personally advises individual families and prospective student-athletes in developing and executing personal plans for the college search. He has assisted in placing over 90 candidates to top colleges and universities during the past 4 years alone.

Tom Kovic lectures widely throughout the United States in an effort to grow educational awareness about the college search for athletes. He has delivered nearly 300 presentations and seminars to over 3,500 participants since launching VCC in 2006. He most recently presented on college athletics recruiting at the USA Gymnastics National Congress, the IECA National Convention and the New York State Athletics Directors Convention and at the US National Lacrosse Convention in Baltimore.


Tom is a nationally renowned leader in the field of college recruiting and the author of Reaching for Excellence: An Educational Guide for College Athletics Recruiting. In addition, he is a monthly contributor to numerous educational and sports publications in the areas of college recruitment and youth leadership. He is an active member of USA Gymnastics, the National Association for College Admission Counseling, the Independent Educational Consultants Association and US Lacrosse.

In 19 seasons as head coach of Gymnastics at The University of Pennsylvania, Tom Kovic led the Quakers to 8 Ivy League Team Championships (’91. ’92, ’94, 97, ’98, ’99, ’00, ’04) and 2 Eastern Conference Team Titles (’98, ’04). Subsequently, Coach Kovic was named ECAC Coach of the Year twice (’94, ’97) while being honored as NCAA Regional Coach of the Year in 2004. Tom Kovic coached 34 individual Ivy League Champions, 8 ECAC Champions, 4 NCAA and 3 ECAC athletes of the year and over 160 NCAA Academic All-Americans.

A former two sport athlete and 4 year letter winner in Gymnastics and Track and Field at Temple University, Kovic was a 3 time NCAA qualifier and Eastern Conference Champion. He was team captain of the 1977 Gymnastics squad and 3 times MVP honoree during his career at Temple. Tom Kovic qualified to the 1977 USA Championships and competed in several international competitions during his career.

Kovic, his wife Jennifer and their daughter Hannah reside in Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania.

 

Dave Yorke joined the Victory Consulting staff as a senior advisor in July 2010. Dave is the former Head Baseball Coach at The City College of New York where he oversaw all aspects of the program, including recruiting. With limited resources, Dave grew the CCNY roster from 6 to 28 players in his first year alone.

Along with expanding the roster, his 2010 team amassed the 2nd most wins in school history.  Prior to CCNY Dave was the Head Baseball Coach, Compliance Officer and Sports Information Director at Polytechnic University.  At Poly Dave's 2007 team set the school record for wins and the team he recruited for 2008 re-set the wins record. 

Prior to Poly Dave was an assistant at Drew University, Seton Hall and Union County College.  His first head coaching position was for Cumberland County College in South Jersey, where he led the Dukes to their first playoff win in 7 years before heading to the Big East with Seton Hall.   

Dave brings a wealth of recruiting knowledge to VCC that will have immediate impact to our service. His savvy approach and extended contacts in the New Jersey and New York metropolitan area will develop tremendous awareness about Victory Collegiate Consulting moving forward. Dave is a 1996 graduate of Drew University where he had a tremendous playing career and is still in the top 5 of most offensive categories.  Dave received his M.A. in Education from St. Peter's College.  Dave, his wife Grace and their 3 children reside in Robbinsville, NJ.