Tennessee Tech is finalizing a five-year deal to make Tobin Anderson his subsequent head coach, sources instructed ESPN.
A former head coach at Iona, Fairleigh Dickinson and Division-II St. Thomas Aquinas, Anderson is finest identified for main 16-seed Fairleigh Dickinson to an upset over 1-seed Purdue within the 2023 NCAA event.
He spent this previous season in South Florida as particular assistant to head coach Bryan Hodgson, serving to information the Bulls to 23 wins and an American regular-season title.
Anderson received 209 video games in 9 seasons at St. Thomas Aquinas, advancing to seven straight D-II NCAA tournaments. He was employed by Fairleigh Dickinson in 2022, and instantly led the Knights to a 17-win enchancment and a second-place end within the NEC. They misplaced to Merrimack within the convention event championship recreation, however with the Warriors ineligible for the NCAA event, the league’s computerized bid went to Fairleigh Dickinson.
The Knights beat Texas Southern within the First Four, then pulled off one of many greatest upsets in NCAA event historical past, knocking off 1-seed Purdue, changing into simply the second 16-seed to beat a 1-seed.
Anderson parlayed that year-one success into the Iona job, changing Rick Pitino in 2023. Despite going 33-34 (22-18 within the MAAC) in two seasons, he was let go after final season.
At Tennessee Tech, he replaces John Pelphrey, who spent seven seasons in control of the Golden Eagles.
