Brian Tobin enters his 11th season as head swimming and diving coach at SUNY Cortland in 2012-13.
In 10 seasons, Tobin has led Cortland's men to a combined 105-33 (.761) dual-meet record, including 10 or more wins each of the last eight years, and the women to a combined 98-28-1 mark (.776) with nine seasons of at least nine victories. He has been named the State University of New York Athletic Conference (SUNYAC) Coach of the Year twice on both the men's and women's sides. He earned men's honors in the 2005-06 and 2009-10 seasons and women's awards in 2009-10 and 2011-12.
In 2009-10, his men's squad went 15-2 to set a school record for dual wins, finished second at the SUNYAC Championships 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 2011-12, the men finished second in the SUNYAC for the seventh straight year and were 10-4 in dual meets. The women went 9-3, placed third at the SUNYAC meet and qualified a relay for the NCAA Championships.
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 Championships.
In 2006-07, Tobin guided both the men’s and women’s teams to second-place finishes at the SUNYAC Championships 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.
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.
In addition to his full-time job as Cortland's swimming and diving coach, Tobin is also the mayor of the city of Cortland - a post he was elected to in November 2011.
