Brian Tobin enters his sixth season as head swimming and diving coach at SUNY Cortland in 2007-08. Last season he led both the men’s and women’s teams to second-place finishes at the SUNYAC Championships for the second consecutive year and had a men’s diver compete at the NCAA Division III Championships.
Two seasons ago, besides placing second at the SUNYAC Championships, both the men’s and women’s teams sent competitors to the national meet for the first time since the 1990s. The two previous years, Tobin guided the men’s and women’s teams to third-place finishes at the conference meet.
Prior to his arrival at Cortland, Tobin was a volunteer assistant coach with the men’s and women’s varsity swimming and diving teams at North Carolina State University during the 2001-02 season, where he was also a lecturer in physical education. Previously, Tobin held the position of head men’s and women’s swimming and diving coach at the State University of New York at Potsdam from 1996-2001. His initial collegiate coaching position was as a graduate assistant at the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse from 1994-96.
Tobin is a 1994 graduate of SUNY Cortland, where he earned a Bachelor of Science in Education with a minor in sociology. In 1996, he earned his Masters of Science in Recreation Management from Wisconsin-La Crosse.
He was an eight-time All-American as a member the Cortland swimming and diving team, earning seven honors as a competitor on relay teams and one honor in the 100-yard freestyle. He also captured 12 SUNYAC titles over three seasons, owns the school record in the 100-yard butterfly and is a member of three school and one conference record-holding relay teams.
A native of Poughkeepsie, Tobin attended Arlington High School, graduating in 1989. He was a four-year member of the swimming and diving team.
