Brian Tobin enters his 10th season as head swimming and diving coach at SUNY Cortland in 2011-12. In 2009-10, he earned both men's and women's State University of New York Athletic Conference (SUNYAC) Coach of the Year honors. His men's squad went 15-2 to set a school record for dual wins, finished second at the SUNYAC Championships for the fifth straight year and placed 43rd nationally in Division III. His women's team was 11-4, finished fourth in the SUNYAC and was 33rd in the country. His swimmers earned two men's and two women's All-America honors at the 2010 NCAA Div. III Championships.
In 2010-11, Tobin guided Cortland's men to a 13-3 dual record and a SUNYAC runner-up finish, while the women were 10-3 and third in the SUNYAC. In 2008-09, Tobin led the men’s team to a second-place finish and the women’s team to a fourth-place finish at the conference meet. In 2007-08, he guided the men’s team to a second-place finish and the women’s team to a third-place showing at the conference championships and had a women’s swimmer compete in the NCAA Division III Championships.
In 2006-07, Tobin guided 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. In 2005-06, 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.
In seven seasons, Tobin has led Cortland's women to a combined 89-25-1 (.778) dual record, including a 13-3 record in 2002-03 and a 12-1 mark in 2006-07, and the Red Dragon men to a combined 95-29 (.766) dual mark, with at least 10 victories each of the last seven seasons.
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, held the school record in the 100-yard butterfly until 2008 and was 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.
