Aaron Toomey

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Aaron Toomey
Hartford Hawks
PositionHead coach
Conference Commonwealth Coast Conference
Personal information
Born (1992-05-01) May 1, 1992 (age 32)
Greensboro, North Carolina, U.S.
Listed height6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Listed weight170 lb (77 kg)
Career information
High school Bishop McGuinness
(Kernersville, North Carolina)
College Amherst (2010–2014)
NBA draft 2014: undrafted
Position Point guard
Number2
Coaching career2015–present
Career history
As player:
2014 Fuenlabrada
As coach:
2015–2019 Amherst (assistant)
2019–2020Amherst (interim)
2020–2021 Vassar (assistant)
2021–2023 Rochester (assistant)
2023–present Hartford
Career highlights and awards
As player:

Aaron Toomey (born May 1, 1992) is an American college basketball coach for the Hartford Hawks of the Commonwealth Coast Conference. He played college basketball for the Amherst Mammoths, where he was the national Player of the Year in 2013 and led the Mammoths to the Division III national championship.

A Greensboro, North Carolina native, Toomey attended Bishop McGuinness Catholic High School. He committed to play for coach David Hixon at Amherst College. At Amherst, Toomey led the Mammoths to one of the most successful stretches in their history. As a junior point guard in the 2012–13 season, Toomey averaged 17.3 points, 5 assists and 4.8 rebounds per game, leading the program to its second national championship. For the season, Toomey was named the national player of the year by the National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC). [1]

Following the close of his college career, Toomey signed with Fuenlabrada in Spain. His career was cut short prematurely due to injury and he returned to Amherst as an assistant on Hixon's staff. [2] He served in this role until 2019 when Hixon took a leave of absence from the program and Toomey was named the interim head coach. [3]

After stints as an assistant at Vassar and Rochester, Toomey was named the head coach for the Hartford Hawks in 2023. [4] [5]

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References

  1. "Aaron Toomey Named NABC DIII Player Of The Year". wmfynews2.com. WMFY. April 1, 2013. Retrieved November 25, 2023.
  2. "Aaron Toomey Amherst coaching bio". amherst.edu. Amherst Mammoths . Retrieved November 25, 2023. Following graduation, Toomey signed a professional contract in 2014 to play for Fuenlabrada in Madrid, Spain. An injury derailed his playing days, and he returned to the Pioneer Valley to coach alongside Hixon midway through the 2014-15 campaign.
  3. Keane, Marty (March 5, 2020). "Amherst men's basketball finishes rare season without Dave Hixon on sidelines". gazettenet.com. Daily Hampshire Gazette . Retrieved November 25, 2023.
  4. Tomer, Matthew (April 26, 2023). "Aaron Toomey Named New Hartford Men's Basketball Coach". hartfordinformer.com. Hartford Informer. Retrieved November 25, 2023.
  5. Roberts, Scott (April 21, 2023). "University of Hartford names new men's basketball coach". fox61.com. Hartford Informer. Retrieved November 25, 2023.