Iona Basketball’s HC Tobin Anderson

U da Man, Coach!

I’ve been following Coach Tobin Anderson for years. I made a sarcastic joke (2016-18 or so) referring to a Big East team losing to a lowly Div 2 team…I randomly used St Thomas Aquinas College’s team as the opponent. Later, upon looking up the STAC Spartans program, from Sparkill, NY.; I realized i had made a grave error. STAC is a Division 2 Hoops powerhouse school…and probably could beat several Divison 1 schools. The Spartans, at that time, were coached by none other than HC Tobin Anderson, Iowa’s Own!  I followed both STAC and Coach Anderson ever since!

Tobin Anderson Love???   Yes Sir! Da Lub comes from his consistently coaching up his teams at each level. Bringing a hard-nosed, defense 1st style of play to his teams. He learned from his Dad…a longtime successful HS coach in Truro, Iowa! His tenacity and instilling a winning culture at each of his career stops. Coach is a proven winner at 2 Div levels, and soon to be all three levels. He has a 14-8 NCAA Tourney record, Including 1-EE, 3-SS, 2-2nd Rounds, 2-1st Rounds, And 1-NCAA Play-in win (Dayton).

Past Success is not an accurate predictor of future performance. Although, we often/normally judge coaching proficiency and/or greatness by these very same measures when looking retrospectively…don’t we. DePaul can (and probably will) do far worse than my guy – Coach Tobin Anderson.

Coaching Stats: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tobin_And … ing_record

History: Coach has a 22 year history at NCAA level coaching. Coach Anderson has 11 years Div 3, 9 years at Div 2, and now 1+ years at Div 1. He is a proven winner at each level. Coach Anderson has tallied 8 onference championships, 4 2nd place finishes, (12) over his 22 year coaching history. His teams have earned 8 NCAA Tourney bids (not including the cancelled 2020 tourney), at 3 levels. He has amassed a 14-8 NCAA Tourney record overall.

Coaching Record: 

Overall: 421–215 (.662), 22 years.

Div 1: 27–24 (.529) 1+ years.

Farleigh Dickenson (NEC) 21–16 (.568);                             Iona Metro Atlantic (MAAC) 6–8 (.429)                              1 NCAA Div 1 Tourney (FDU) – 2nd Round (2-1*) *Play-in Round at Dayton.

Div 2: 209–62 (.771) 5 East Coast Conf. (ECC) Championships, 3 2nd Place, 1 5th place. 6 NCAA Div 2 Tourneys (7 if you count cancelled 2020 season)
1 EE, 3 other SS’s, 1 2nd round, 1 1st Round, 1 Cancelled 2020 Tourney.

Div 3: 185–129 (.589) 3 Liberty League Championships and 1 NCAA Div 3 Tourney – 2nd Round

Yes Sir…ol’ git is sold on Coach Anderson. Quiet as it’s kept, I’d like to see him wearing lil’ Creighton Gear, once ol’ Mac retires. Just sayin’. He should be a top candidate for most upcoming Division 1 coaching vacancies. (DePaul, others.)

PS: On Holyland of Hoops: Old Dash’s 2019 predictions (1st post of this thread) was a wee bit off. Looks as though Cincy, Houston, and UCF dodged bullets in 2023, huh.
gtmo