Tobin Anderson (born December 1, 1971) is an

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who is currently the special assistant to the head coach of the

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team. He was previously the head coach of the

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team for the 2022–23 season, where he led them to be the second 16-seed to defeat a 1-seed in the NCAA tournament. He was also the head coach of the

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team from 2023 to 2025.

Early life

Anderson grew up in Iowa and played at Interstate 35 High School in

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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

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. Anderson played college basketball at

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from 1991 to 1995, where, , he ranks 11th all-time in career scoring. Anderson then earned a master's degree in athletic administration from

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, graduating in 1996.

Coaching career

Anderson's coaching career began at Clarkson in 1996 as an assistant coach. After one season, he joined

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'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

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. 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

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under Mitch Buonaguro, where he stayed for two seasons before accepting the head coaching position at

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. While with the Spartans, Anderson put together a 209–62 overall record, including five

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regular season titles and six ECC tournament titles, reaching the

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tournament in seven-straight seasons, including the Elite Eight in

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. 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

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history, replacing

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. 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

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in the

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, they advanced to face #1-seeded

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, 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

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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

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NCAA DII

NCAA DIII

References

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