Tobin Anderson

Last updated
Tobin Anderson
Current position
TitleHead coach
Team Iona
Conference MAAC
Record16–19 (.457)
Biographical details
Born (1971-12-01) December 1, 1971 (age 52)
Truro, Iowa, U.S.
Playing career
1991–1995 Wesleyan
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1996–1997 Clarkson (assistant)
1997–1999 Le Moyne (assistant)
1999–2004Clarkson
2004–2011 Hamilton
2011–2013 Siena (assistant)
2013–2022 St. Thomas Aquinas
2022–2023 Fairleigh Dickinson
2023–present Iona
Head coaching record
Overall430–226 (.655)
Tournaments2–1 (NCAA Division I)
9–6 (NCAA Division II)
1–1 (NCAA Division III)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
Liberty League tournament (2006)
3 Liberty League regular season (2006, 2007, 2009)
6 ECC tournament (2016–2018, 2020–2022)
5 ECC regular season (2015–2017, 2021, 2022)

Tobin Anderson (born December 1, 1971) is an American basketball coach who is the current head coach of the Iona Gaels men's basketball team. [1]

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Early life

Anderson grew up in Iowa and played at Interstate 35 High School in Truro where he was an all-star in 1990. [2] His father, Steve, was the head coach at Interstate 35 High School for almost three decades and later coached at Douglas High School in Box Elder, South Dakota. [3] Anderson played college basketball at Wesleyan University from 1991 to 1995, where as of 2022 he ranks 11th all-time in career scoring. [4] Anderson then earned a Master's Degree in Athletic Administration from Florida State University, graduating in 1996.

Coaching career

Anderson's coaching career began at Clarkson in 1996 as an assistant coach. After one season, he joined Dave Paulsen's coaching staff at Le Moyne for two seasons before returning to Clarkson as head coach. [5] In five seasons with Clarkson, Anderson posted a 67–66 overall record before taking the head coaching position at Hamilton College. [6] [7] While at Hamilton, Anderson compiled a 118–63 record over seven seasons, which included three UCAA regular season titles and a bid to the 2006 NCAA Division III tournament. After the 2011 season, Anderson joined the coaching staff of Siena under Mitch Buonaguro, where he stayed for two seasons before accepting the head coaching position at St. Thomas Aquinas. [8]

While with the Spartans, Anderson put together a 209–62 overall record, including five East Coast Conference regular season titles and six ECC tournament titles, reaching the NCAA Division II tournament in seven-straight seasons, including the Elite Eight in 2017. [9] Under Anderson, St. Thomas Aquinas also defeated Division I St. John's 90–58 in an exhibition contest in 2015. [10]

On May 3, 2022, Anderson was named the eighth men's basketball coach in Fairleigh Dickinson history, replacing Greg Herenda. [11] [12] [9]

In his first season as coach of the Knights, Anderson led the team to the Northeast Conference championship game, where they fell to Merrimack. However, due to NCAA division reclassification rules, Merrimack was not eligible for the NCAA tournament, which allowed FDU to receive the NEC’s automatic bid to the tournament as conference runner-up. After the Knights defeated fellow #16 seed Texas Southern in the First Four, they advanced to face #1-seeded Purdue, whom they took down 63–58, becoming only the second #16 seed to ever defeat a #1 seed in the tournament. [13]

On March 21, 2023, Anderson was named the head coach at Iona, replacing Rick Pitino who departed for the head coaching position at St. John's. [14] [15]

Head coaching record

NCAA DI

Statistics overview
SeasonTeamOverallConferenceStandingPostseason
Fairleigh Dickinson Knights (Northeast Conference)(2022–2023)
2022–23 Fairleigh Dickinson [16] 21–1610–62nd NCAA Division I Round of 32
Fairleigh Dickinson:21–16 (.568)10–6 (.625)
Iona Gaels (Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference)(2023–present)
2023–24 Iona 16–1710–107th
2024–25 Iona 0–20–0
Iona:16–19 (.457)10–10 (.500)
Total:37–35 (.514)

      National champion        Postseason invitational champion  
      Conference regular season champion        Conference regular season and conference tournament champion
      Division regular season champion      Division regular season and conference tournament champion
      Conference tournament champion

NCAA DII

Statistics overview
SeasonTeamOverallConferenceStandingPostseason
St. Thomas Aquinas (East Coast Conference)(2013–2022)
2013–14St. Thomas Aquinas 15–149–115th
2014–15St. Thomas Aquinas 21–1117–3T–1st
2015–16St. Thomas Aquinas 27–518–21st NCAA Division II Second Round
2016–17St. Thomas Aquinas 28–615–31st NCAA Division II Elite Eight
2017–18St. Thomas Aquinas 26–715–32nd NCAA Division II First Round
2018–19St. Thomas Aquinas 25–715–32nd NCAA Division II Sweet 16
2019–20St. Thomas Aquinas 25–513–32nd NCAA Division II Canceled
2020–21St. Thomas Aquinas 14–29–11st NCAA Division II Sweet 16
2021–22St. Thomas Aquinas 28–517–11st NCAA Division II Sweet 16
St. Thomas Aquinas:209–62 (.771)128–30 (.810)
Total:209–62 (.771)

      National champion        Postseason invitational champion  
      Conference regular season champion        Conference regular season and conference tournament champion
      Division regular season champion      Division regular season and conference tournament champion
      Conference tournament champion

NCAA DIII

Statistics overview
SeasonTeamOverallConferenceStandingPostseason
Clarkson Golden Knights (Liberty League)(1999–2004)
1999–00Clarkson 14–126–6N/A
2000–01Clarkson 7–183–11N/A
2001–02Clarkson 19–109–5N/A
2002–03Clarkson 11–146–8N/A
2003–04Clarkson 16–129–5N/A
Clarkson:66–67 (.496)33–35 (.485)
Hamilton College (Liberty League)(2004–2011)
2004–05Hamilton 15–11N/AN/A
2005–06Hamilton 23–512–21st NCAA Division III Second Round
2006–07Hamilton 19–711–31st
2007–08Hamilton 17–9N/AN/A
2008–09Hamilton 18–712–2T–1st
2009–10Hamilton 10–14N/AN/A
2010–11Hamilton 16–10N/AN/A
Hamilton:118–63 (.652)0–0 (–)
Total:184–130 (.586)

      National champion        Postseason invitational champion  
      Conference regular season champion        Conference regular season and conference tournament champion
      Division regular season champion      Division regular season and conference tournament champion
      Conference tournament champion

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