With Rick Pitino headed to St. Johns, will FDU's Tobin Anderson be in the mix at Iona?
On Monday, two huge Big East jobs were filledWith the Iona job now open, FDU coachis expected to be one name in the mix for the opening created by Pitino’s departure. Bryant coach Jared Grasso, an assistant under former Iona coach Tim Cluess, is also linked to the job. Other names could also come up going forward.before they were beaten by Florida Atlantic in the second round Sunday night.The Wesleyan University grad and former Division 2 coach at St.
“Tobin’s great,” Bob Hurley Sr., the Naismith Hall of Fame former St. Anthony’s coach, said in Albany, where his sonwas coaching UConn to the Sweet 16 with wins over Pitino’s Iona team and then St. Mary’s. “He’s been a great coach at the Division 2 level, he’s a lifer, he has been devoted to his craft for the longest time. Nothing better than to see somebody rewarded for the time they put in and their expertise.”“Coach Pitino was with Iona during a pivotal time in our history, and we were glad to be with him during a critical point in his career,” he said in a statement.
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