Iowa basketball just misses on highly sought-after assistant
The Iowa Hawkeyes continue to build out their coaching staff and new roster under head coach Ben McCollum, but with that comes competing against other programs across the country for the same talent.
Sometimes the Hawkeyes are going to be left on the outside looking in and that is such the case with a highly sought-after assistant coach with quite the NCAA Tournament resume that McCollum was trying to land.
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Former Fairleigh Dickinson and Iona head coach Tobin Anderson hit the market this year after leading Iona to a 17-17 record and has already found footing elsehwere.
As reported by Matt Norlander of CBS Sports, Anderson is joining the staff at USF as the lead assistant while leaving Iowa on the outside looking in.
Tobin Anderson has quite the resume, and it is highlighted by a large exclamation point during his one-year tenure at Fairleigh Dickinson. He led the program to the NCAA Tournament, where they pulled off one of the most improbable upsets in March Madness history.
Anderson led No. 16 Fairleigh Dickinson to a win over the No. 1 Purdue Boilermakers to join an exclusive club with UMBC as the only two No. 16 seeds to win an NCAA Tournament game.
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