Head Basketball Coach @ Tennessee Tech. Husband of Jodi, father of Bryce + Alexa.
Cookeville, TN
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Honored + so fired up to be the new leader of Iona Basketball!
Welcome to #GaelNation, Tobin Anderson!
We are excited to announce the appointment of @andersontobin as the 15th head coach in #Iona men's basketball history!
#MAACHoops @ionauniversity @IonaGaels
📖: ionagaels.com/news/2023/3/21…
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Right back at you! Thank you!!!! It has been the time of my life for me + my family!
Thank you for everything, Tobin.
@andersontobin departs #FDU after 10 incredible months on the banks of the Hackensack.
Our tribute to the Knights' leader⬇️
FDUKnights.com/ThankYouTobin
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Excited to join a tremendous program and staff! Big things ahead! Let's get to work!
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I always wished I had seen Pistol Pete live! Caitlin has to be as close as it gets! So much fun to watch; happy my kids got to see her!!!
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Our 149th game together! Not a bad place to finish it up! It's been an absolute thrill to coach @Och_meech! A winner in every way. Love you my man!
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It is absolutely incredible to watch @CaitlinClark22 play basketball! Modern day version of Pistol Pete + Larry Bird! Teammates are pretty good too! Cheering like crazy for @IowaWBB!
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Thankful for this guy! Brad Hurlbut took a chance on a d2 coach! The future of @FDUKnights + @FDUKnightsMBB is very bright... his leadership is 2nd to none! Will always be family!
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Excited for this!
🚨BREAKING🚨
Iona MBB's @andersontobin will serve as a coach in the @NABC1927-@reeses Division I All-Star Game next week in Houston!
The event can be seen live on @CBSSportsNet, March 31, at 4:30 pm ET.
#MAACHoops #GaelNation @MAACHoops
📖ionagaels.com/news/2023/3/24…
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Up in Buffalo supporting @STACBasketball and @MatthewDCapell @connorbirchard and the crew in the sweet 16! Go Spartans!
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I'll be at both!
Pressers:
Wednesday 10am - Tobin Anderson at @IonaGaelsMBB
Thursday 10 am - Jack Castleberry at @FDUKnightsMBB 10 am
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This is everything! Celebrating with my family last night was so special! More work to do!
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At least 3-4 times a year, I get a text from a @5starbasketball friend looking for the famous 5-Star situation tourney. With an assist from @leighalanklein + @john_dwinell ... we got it to our guy @CoachSutton!!! I attached it for all those interested!!!
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In honor of Tom Konchalski, someone dug up my old HSBI rating. 3- is way too high, I think he was just being nice!
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Definitely struggling with our passing...starting to take it's toll on our coaching staff!
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Got better yesterday... spending time with Coach + @Patriots! An honor to be asked to speak to the team... @wes_athletics blood runs deep!
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Excited to get started!
𝙇𝙚𝙩'𝙨 𝙜𝙤 𝙩𝙤 𝙬𝙤𝙧𝙠! | We're excited to announce Tobin Anderson as the eighth men's basketball coach in #FDU program history!
@andersontobin will officially be announced at a press conference on Thursday, May 5.
#reigKNIGHTed
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Couldn't be more proud of this guy! @BraydenReynold5 took a chance + came to @FDUKnightsMBB as walk-on. We don't do what we did without him! Just got a nice ✅ from @Degree for their walk-on challenge... + it was presented by @JuliusErving! March is special!
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Love this crew right here! Ready to do BIG things!
Pleased to welcome @tom_bonacum, @kam_murrell, @PWfor3 and @Ray_Savageee to #GaelNation.
Head Coach Tobin Anderson adds four to his coaching staff!
📖: ionagaels.com/news/2023/4/5/…
#MAACHoops @MAACHoops
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My guy Bryce is off to college! Love him + gonna miss him, but he's ready! My 2 cents for all coaches who are parents... go to everything + always be there because when this day comes, it's painful! But I feel a whole lot better because I always made sure I was there!
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Let's get @USFMBB back to tourney!
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Meech is an absolute superstar + so happy the whole country got to see what we always knew! And he earned everything!!!! Thank you Meech! Love you! Future is bright!
Words can’t explain how blessed and happy I am to be apart of this journey. Thank You FDU family for accepting Me W/ Open Arms For One Year. We did something special and something that ppl didn’t think we’ll do in year 1 & that’s something they won’t ever forget. 2️⃣ Out 💙
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Honored to have Iona legend Tim Cluess with us today. No one has done a better coaching job in the Metropolitan area over the past 15 years (LIU Post + Iona)! The guy just wins! Special message to our players to finish the week!!!!
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Incredible!!!! @TZhoops are state champions!!!! So happy for George, his players, + the entire TZ community!
Tappan Zee, a team with nobody over 6 feet in the starting lineup, just won the state championship.
Maybe the greatest TEAM I’ve ever seen in my years. Tonight in Glens Falls, a 49-36 win over Irondequoit for the NYSPHSAA Class A title.
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We love shooters at Iona!!!! Great stuff Kate! Repping Rockland county and my man Pat Buckley!
6⃣9⃣ points over 3⃣ rounds! Congratulations to Kate Mager on taking home the @CelsiusOfficial Women's Three-Point Championship! 🏆
@StateFarm
#CollegeSlam #HoopsHouse23
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We tip in 48 hours....winter is here!
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Spent last 2 days at a couple NBA training camps. 1st of all, @cavs + @OrlandoMagic have elite cultures from mgmt to coaches to players! 3 big things to me... NBA players talk---incredible communicators. They sprint the floor--both ways. And they don't waste reps! All business--it's why they are where they are!
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Thanks @DickieV! So much respect for everything you do!
Nothing like helping your resume with a BIG W like TOBIN ANDERSON did in having his @FDUKnightsMBB upset # 1 seed @BoilerBall -A big reward / named HEAD COACH to replace @RealPitino @IonaGaelsMBB
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Going to be a fun afternoon!!! Great staff + players... let's get a win to finish off the season!
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Guy beats you in ping pong 2 out of 200 times... + he brags about it at a press conference! Come on!!!! Congrats @JackCastleberry ! Tremendous fit! Brad Hurlbut + Jason Young can hire coaches! They are the best!
𝙹𝙰𝙲𝙺 𝙲𝙰𝚂𝚃𝙻𝙴𝙱𝙴𝚁𝚁𝚈 𝙿𝚁𝙴𝚂𝚂𝙴𝚁 𝚀𝚄𝙾𝚃𝙴𝚂
(to the FDU men's basketball team) 👇
🗣"There were people at the beginning of last week who had no idea what FDU is. Now, the entire nation does. You are America's Cinderella story right now"
#NECMBB x @fduknightsmbb
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Two @d3hoops guys who press, have new jobs + are spending Sunday night in Columbus, Ohio at @ohioBKcoaches clinic!
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All true + it was the best!
This is Pizza Hut in Potsdam NY that @andersontobin and I ate at at least 3 times a week from 2000-03 while I was his asst @ClarksonMBB. I took this pic in Dec b4 a game there & sent it to him. Small College b-ball proudly claims him & is rooting with a chip on our shoulder. LG!
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Great to see an old friend tonight! @yhufnagel has gone from an elite recruiter to an unbelievable entrepreneur with @lemonperfect!!
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An awesome night last night with so many of my former @STACBasketball players + coaches! Honored to be inducted into the @STAC_edu Hall of Fame! What a night... what a Family! Love every one of you guys!
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Thank you @SethOnHoops for everything. Incredible + passionate @FDUKnightsMBB alum!
Thank you @andersontobin for all your hard work. You changed the identity and culture at @FDUKnightsMBB in 10 months. You will crush it at @IonaGaelsMBB
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Morgan Wootten “watch someone who is successful and it will quickly become obvious why”. We shoot at 1 today; had the morning off. @Och_meech is in by 8, lifted, + made 200 3’s! Success is a choice!
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Fun night having most of our Iona family over for dinner tonight! Building that family culture every day!!!!
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This is really well-done! nytimes.com/2023/03/18/sport…
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This is the best!!! @JodiAndersontjb and Alexa getting some prime time coverage!!!
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We honored Tom Konchalski at last year’s STAC Tip-Off Dinner. His speech was terrific! Not a finer person dead, alive, or yet unborn (Garf quote).
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Very excited to work with + learn from an incredible staff! @CoachTButters @Coach_JQuarles @D_Rongstad23 @loganingram410 have welcomed me like family! Big things ahead @USFMBB!
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Honored to speak on behalf of Tom Konchalski... an incredible man + great friend to our family. He helped so many kids realize their dreams!
New @IonaGaelsMBB and former @FDUKnightsMBB coach @andersontobin speaking at the Tom Konchalski event
@KonchalskiFdn
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RIP Tom Konchalski. Not a better person or friend. "Mountain masquerading as a man". "Nose needs to calcify" just a couple lines that we all loved to read in HSBI. He will be missed by all. He's the reason I got to coach @Chazito_ !
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This is a great story!!! So lucky to have added @JackCastleberry to the staff.. he has been a huge part of it! And Duggar Baucom is one of the best people out there. Great story @SEisbergWCIV
"I told him, I wish I could have done it with him & I’m sorry that we never got to do it together because I love him, & I would have loved for him to experience this."- Fairleigh Dickinson asst. Jack Castleberry's call w/fmr. Citadel HC Duggar Baucom yesterday.
A special story.
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Really enjoyed today at #BTIGCHARITYDAY raising money for @KonchalskiFdn + @TheVFoundation! Highlight was spending some time talking basketball + our tournament upset with President Clinton @BillClinton
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Really appreciate my former player @ansleyalmonor speaking up... love that guy! Excited to see him to special things tonight for @KentuckyMBB! kykernel.com/113800/sports/k…
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Still gives me chills... I'm sure it always will!
Make the play. Relive our @MarchMadnessMBB run with this recap⬇️
FDUKnights.com/42Hours
#reigKNIGHTed
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The best! Incredible teammate, player, + person!
NEW -- Ansley Almonor isn't taking a second of his opportunity at Kentucky for granted
"I’m not really supposed to be here, really looking at my story. Just me being here, being able to honor this jersey, I just love it. I’m so appreciative."
READ: on3.com/teams/kentucky-wildc…
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We have heard a lot of bad NIL stories... well this is a good one. Our big man @yaphet_wmoundi had his family in town last week. Took them out to eat. Said he has never been so proud...1st time he was ever able to pay for them!
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1 more chance to coach Meech... let's get another one @Och_meech
⭐️ | @Och_meech is an All-Star and will take part in the 2023 NABC – Reese’s Division I All-Star Game in Houston as part of the @MarchMadnessMBB Final Four festivities with former #FDU head coach @andersontobin leading the squad!
#reigKNIGHTed
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Looking forward to our 1st Elite Camp of the summer! Excited to get very good players on our campus!
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Awesome experience yesterday @thehoosiergym! Incredible clinic put on by @coachmwsmith in as good of basketball environment as there is! Fun time hanging with @coachneighbors + @GregWhite32 + talking hoops! #myteamisonthefloor
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Bob Knight thoughts thar we believe in.... teach guys how to play + let them play. That's what motion offense is! Basketball is the most over-coached, under-taught sport out there. Coaching is teaching! I couldn't put gas in my car, but I could read a down screen!
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The only bigger @MikeFrancesa fan than me was my father!! Really enjoyed our conversation today!
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Another day with more @IonaGaelsMBB family in the house! Honored to have former player, coach, + NBA All-Star Jeff Ruland with us! In fact we had 3 former NBA draft picks court side today!!!! @IonaGaelsMBB tradition is hard to beat!
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Great win to survive and advance! Proud of our guys! 6 pm tomorrow night.... It's an easy drive #gaelnation!!! Get down here!
#GAELSWIN!!!! Iona 77, Manhattan 65
Dae Dae and Moundi combined for 51 points!!
Iona moves on the semi-final game tomorrow at 6 pm against Quinnipiac!!!
#GaelNation #MAACHoops @MAACHoops
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.@Hollowayjr34 was huge part of our success... and for me personally. Totally embraces all the new people + worked incredibly hard! So humble for being a HOF player! Future superstar coach!
Source: FDU's Jack Castleberry will hire Josh Hayes as assistant coach. Hayes was on staff at Army last season. Mike Holloway will also be promoted to assistant coach.
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“The best coaching clinician alive, dead, or yet unborn!” Hearing him speak at 5-Star was one of the greatest joys in life! nytimes.com/2019/06/07/sport…
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This is so well-done! What a time it has been + how lucky I have been to coach @Och_meech! And we have more to do shortly! @KDJmedia1 this deserves some sort of award! Brought tears to my eyes!
The best stories in sports are the long shots; the people nobody expected or overlooked who then rise to prominence.
Demetre Roberts of Mount Vernon is one of those athletes. Totally passed over by D1 out of high school and then a star at St Thomas Aquinas for a D2 national power. That would have been wonderful story in itself.
But what Roberts, along with coach Tobin Anderson, has done this season at Fairleigh Dickinson University — a team-best 16.7 ppg, 4.3 apg and a NCAA Tournament berth — is not just remarkable. It should inspire.
As FDU prepares for tonight's Play-In Game in Dayton, take 2 minutes to appreciate why I've felt very proud to follow @Och_meech on this journey:
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The General had a major influence on our family, my father's HS programs and they way we taught + coached the game. He didn't cheat, his kids went to class + graduated, and his teams won big! Sad night for the Anderson family
Bob Knight had his faults. Who doesn't? But at the top of his game he was, quite simply, the greatest college basketball coach the game has ever known.
RIP.
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Awesome to have one of @IonaGaelsMBB greats at practice today! Kevin Hamilton won tons of game + scored a lot of points... helping put @ionauniversity on the map! Great message to our guys today!
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Excited for DAE... but a little sad too! I loved coaching him! Big-time player and person!
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Gonna miss these late night texts from my man @yaphet_wmoundi! When a player texts you this at 3 am, you did something right!!! He's gonna do big things out West!
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Awesome to be back together with @JordanSarnoff today for our game vs St Joe's! He became a star during our @MarchMadnessMBB run... big things ahead for him!
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Would have loved to keep playing...but it’s the right decision. 25-5, #2 in East Region, #11 in the country, and ECC Tournament Champs. Incredible year! Love our team!
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Awesome day! Excited to be on the Hackensack!
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Senior day at Bear Mountain!!! Not a better setting for cross country!!! So proud of Bryce!! Worked hard + had accomplished big things... + he's got more to do!
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I've always thought this... and many will disagree, but there is nothing more overrated than "changing the starting lineup"
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Basketball brings a lot of people together...enjoyed spending time with my guy @FrankCaliendo today! Didn't appreciate his impersonation of me, but @JodiAndersontjb sure did!!!!
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Great @IonaGaelsMBB team day in NYC! Spent time at 9/11 memorial + big-time cruise on the Hudson! Building that family culture every day!
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Our guy @2_adamm improved as much as any player in the country this year... and his potential is off the charts! Going to miss coaching him, but excited for his future!!!
NEWS: Iona transfer guard Adam Njie has committed to Dayton, he tells @on3.
The 6-3 freshman averaged 12.4 points, 2.8 rebounds, and 4.2 assists per game this season. Had five games in which he scored 20 or more points.
on3.com/db/adam-njie-156622/
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Love going back to Poly Prep + seeing my good friend Bill McNally... my 1st lecture there I worked out a talented sophomore, Joakim Noah!
Tobin Anderson, Head Mens Basketball Coach at Division Two powerhouse St. Thomas Aquinas College did an amazing job demonstrating drills to improve ball handling today at the Poly Prep Basketball Camp.
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One of the best players in @IonaGaelsMBB history was with us yesterday! @_ScottMachado did incredible things at Iona + that has continued in his pro career (3 NBA stops along the way)!!!! Big part of our family!!!
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Now this is a crew!!!! Our @5starbasketball family watching the draft, sharing memories and stories.... in honor of our great friend Tom Konchalski and the @KonchalskiFdn! Some of the best people in my life!
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This is awesome! More work to do!
.@FDUKnightsMBB may have shocked the world by beating No. 1 Purdue... but they aren't done yet
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