Iona fires coach Anderson after simply two seasons

• Jeff Borzello Close Jeff Borzello ESPN Staff Writer Basketball recruiting insider. Signed up with ESPN in 2014. Graduate of University of Delaware.Mar 17, 2025, 11:23 AM ET Iona

• has actually fired coach Tobin Anderson
• after simply 2 seasons, the school revealed Monday.The name expected

to become the front-runner to change Anderson is New Orleans Pelicans assistant Dan Geriot, who has likewise worked in Cleveland

as an assistant coach and as the head coach of the G League’s Canton Charge.Anderson is best referred to as the coach who led Fairleigh Dickinson to one of the most noted upsets in NCAA history when the No. 16-seeded Knights knocked off

No. 1 Purdue in 2023. It marked simply the 2nd time in NCAA history a No. 16 had defeated a No. 1 in the preliminary of the males’s NCAA tournament.That triumph turned Anderson into a home name and quickly made him the head coaching task at Iona. The Gaels are coming off a 17-17 season in 2024-25, that included a spot in the

MAAC league title game. He’s 33-34 in 2 seasons at Iona.Editor’s Picks Iona won 3 straight games to end the routine season and two games in

the MAAC tournament, including an upset of No. 1 seed Quinnipiac. It completed 4th in league play at 12-8 this year. In 2023-24, the Gaels went 16-17 and 10-10 in league play.Anderson is a longtime head coach, as he coached at Department II St. Thomas Aquinas from 2013-14 to 2021-22.

Fairleigh Dickinson hired him after he compiled a record of 209-62 there. He likewise spent 12 seasons as a Department III coach at Clarkson and Hamilton.Anderson followed Rick Pitino, who led Iona to a set of NCAA quotes in his 3 seasons there. He won 52 games over his final two seasons there.Anderson agreed

to a five-year deal upon his hire, which means he’ll be owed a considerable quantity with 3 seasons left on his contract.Iona is considered as the best task

in the MAAC, as former coach Tim Cluess led the school to 4 successive competitions from 2016 through 2019. The school has 16 total NCAA competition looks.