# Tobin Anderson

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

## Early life

Anderson grew up in Iowa and played at Interstate 35 High School in Truro where he was an all-star in 1990. 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. Anderson played college basketball at Wesleyan University from 1991 to 1995, where as of 2022 he ranks 11th all-time in career scoring. 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. In five seasons with Clarkson, Anderson posted a 67–66 overall record before taking the head coaching position at Hamilton College. 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.
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. Under Anderson, St. Thomas Aquinas also defeated Division I St. John's 90–58 in an exhibition contest in 2015.
On May 3, 2022, Anderson was named the eighth men's basketball coach in Fairleigh Dickinson history, replacing Greg Herenda.
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.
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. Iona fired Anderson on March 17, 2025 after two seasons.

## Head coaching record
### NCAA DI

Statistics overview :
| Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason |
| Fairleigh Dickinson Knights (Northeast Conference) (2022–2023) ||||||
| 2022–23 | Fairleigh Dickinson | 21–16 | 10–6 | 2nd | NCAA Division I Round of 32 |
| Fairleigh Dickinson: | Fairleigh Dickinson: | 21–16 (.568) | 10–6 (.625) | | |
| Iona Gaels (Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference) (2023–present) ||||||
| 2023–24 | Iona | 16–17 | 10–10 | 7th | |
| 2024–25 | Iona | 17–17 | 12–8 | T-4th | |
| Iona: | Iona: | 33–34 (.493) | 22–18 (.550) | | |
| Total: | Total: | 54–50 (.519) | | | |
| 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 :
| Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason |
| St. Thomas Aquinas Spartans (East Coast Conference) (2013–2022) ||||||
| 2013–14 | St. Thomas Aquinas | 15–14 | 9–11 | 5th | |
| 2014–15 | St. Thomas Aquinas | 21–11 | 17–3 | T–1st | |
| 2015–16 | St. Thomas Aquinas | 27–5 | 18–2 | 1st | NCAA Division II Second Round |
| 2016–17 | St. Thomas Aquinas | 28–6 | 15–3 | 1st | NCAA Division II Elite Eight |
| 2017–18 | St. Thomas Aquinas | 26–7 | 15–3 | 2nd | NCAA Division II First Round |
| 2018–19 | St. Thomas Aquinas | 25–7 | 15–3 | 2nd | NCAA Division II Sweet 16 |
| 2019–20 | St. Thomas Aquinas | 25–5 | 13–3 | 2nd | NCAA Division II Canceled |
| 2020–21 | St. Thomas Aquinas | 14–2 | 9–1 | 1st | NCAA Division II Sweet 16 |
| 2021–22 | St. Thomas Aquinas | 28–5 | 17–1 | 1st | NCAA Division II Sweet 16 |
| St. Thomas Aquinas: | St. Thomas Aquinas: | 209–62 (.771) | 128–30 (.810) | | |
| Total: | 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 :
| Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason |
| Clarkson Golden Knights (Liberty League) (1999–2004) ||||||
| 1999–00 | Clarkson | 14–12 | 6–6 | N/A | |
| 2000–01 | Clarkson | 7–18 | 3–11 | N/A | |
| 2001–02 | Clarkson | 19–10 | 9–5 | N/A | |
| 2002–03 | Clarkson | 11–14 | 6–8 | N/A | |
| 2003–04 | Clarkson | 16–12 | 9–5 | N/A | |
| Clarkson: | Clarkson: | 66–67 (.496) | 33–35 (.485) | | |
| Hamilton College (Liberty League) (2004–2011) ||||||
| 2004–05 | Hamilton | 15–11 | N/A | N/A | |
| 2005–06 | Hamilton | 23–5 | 12–2 | 1st | NCAA Division III Second Round |
| 2006–07 | Hamilton | 19–7 | 11–3 | 1st | |
| 2007–08 | Hamilton | 17–9 | N/A | N/A | |
| 2008–09 | Hamilton | 18–7 | 12–2 | T–1st | |
| 2009–10 | Hamilton | 10–14 | N/A | N/A | |
| 2010–11 | Hamilton | 16–10 | N/A | N/A | |
| Hamilton: | Hamilton: | 118–63 (.652) | 0–0 (–) | | |
| Total: | 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 ||||||