Tim O'Toole begins his second season as an assistant coach.

With 21 years of Division I coaching experience, O’Toole’s impact was felt immediately during his first season on The Farm, as post players and eventual NBA Draft picks Josh Huestis and Dwight Powell keyed Stanford’s NCAA Sweet 16 run. O’Toole’s infectious energy and enthusiasm also aided in the development of center Stefan Nastic, who enjoyed a breakthrough season and quietly became one of the conference’s most consistent frontcourt players.

O'Toole has established a reputation as a strong in-game tactician who has coached alongside two of the winningest coaches in college basketball history in Mike Krzyzewski and Jim Boeheim.

O'Toole had previously served as the Director of Operations at Syracuse in 2012-13, joining the program midway through its Final Four run during his second stint as a member of the Orange coaching staff. O'Toole had also served as an assistant coach on Boeheim's staff from 1991-95, assisting with scouting and recruiting while leading the Orange to three NCAA Tournament appearances.

Prior to returning to Syracuse, O'Toole worked as a college basketball analyst for ESPN and SNY-TV while serving as the color analyst for St. John's basketball radio broadcasts. O'Toole was also active in financial planning, serving as the Managing Director of Look Capital, an Investment Management Company, and President of Allied Effort, a motiva-tional consulting company in New York.

O'Toole, 50, also possesses head coaching experience, spending eight seasons (1998-2006) at the helm of Fairfield, where he led the Stags to three consecutive .500-plus seasons and an NIT berth in 2003. O'Toole was honored as the 2003-04 MAAC Coach of the Year.

Prior to serving as an assistant coach at Seton Hall for one season, O'Toole spent two years at Duke (1995-97), working primarily with the post players as an assistant coach under Mike Krzyzewski.

A native of White Plains, N.Y., O'Toole's coaching career began with stops as an assistant coach at Iona (1990-91) and Army (1989-90) after serving as a graduate assistant at Fordham from 1987-89.

O'Toole earned his B.A. in economics/political science from Fairfield in 1987 and his M.B.A. in finance from Fordham, where he also taught as an Adjunct Professor in various management, leadership and sales courses at the Fordham Graduate School of Business.

Honored as the Fairfield Male Athlete of the Year in 1987, O'Toole was a four-year letterwinner in basketball, leading the Stags to a pair of MAAC championship titles and back-to-back NCAA Tournament appearances. He also competed for the lacrosse team.

O'Toole and his wife, Joanie, have three children: Collin, Jameson and Christine.