Tim O'Toole - Men's Basketball Coach - Boston College Athletics

Tim O'Toole

Title:
Chief of Staff

Tim O’Toole joins the Eagles following nine seasons at Pittsburgh as associate head coach. With 34 years of Division I coaching experience, including eight years as a head coach, his wealth of knowledge and passion has helped lead 11 teams to postseason play.

In January 2026, O'Toole was named to the Silver Waves Media 100 Most Impactful High Major Assistant Coaches List, which highlights the top high major assistant coaches in the country.

O’Toole helped the Panthers post three-consecutive winning seasons from 2022-25 and was instrumental in the development of numerous frontcourt players. O’Toole oversaw the rapid growth of frontcourt players that helped propel the Panthers to an NCAA Tournament bid in 2022-23.

Prior to coming to Pitt, O’Toole spent two seasons as associate head coach at Cal, helping guide the program to the Pac-12’s best field goal defense and top scoring defense. He was crucial in the development of Cal’s frontcourt, including single-season blocks leader Kingsley Okoroh and Kameron Rooks as well as 2017 NBA second round selection Ivan Rabb. His post player development along with expert zone defensive strategies helped bring Cal back to the postseason play.

From 2013-2016, O’Toole served as an assistant coach at Stanford where his strength in player development helped Chasson Randle, Anthony Brown, Josh Huestis and Dwight Powell reach the NBA. In addition, his work helped key Stanford’s 2014 Sweet 16 run and carry the Cardinal to the 2015 NIT Championship.

O’Toole, who prides himself on player and team success, has established a reputation as a strong in-game tactician. He has coached alongside two of the winningest coaches in NCAA history in NABC College Basketball Hall of Fame inductees, Mike Krzyzewski and Jim Boeheim.

After a six-year stint as an ESPN, SNY and IMG analyst and color commentator, O’Toole re-entered the coaching realm with a second term at Syracuse for the 2012-13 season, helping the Orange to the 2013 Final Four.

O’Toole first served on the Orange staff in 1991-1995 as an assistant coach. During his initial tenure, Syracuse appeared in three NCAA Tournaments and captured the 1992 Big East Championship. In his combined five years of coaching at Syracuse he worked with many basketball standouts including John Wallace, Lawrence Moten, Dave Johnson, Michael Carter Williams, Jerami Grant, Rakeem Christmas, CJ Fair, and James Southerland all of whom continued on to play in the NBA or overseas.

O’Toole also possesses head coaching experience, spending eight seasons (1998-2006) at the helm of his alma mater, Fairfield. He led the Stags to three consecutive winning seasons for the first time since 1978, earned an NIT berth in 2003, and guided numerous players to post graduate play. O’Toole was honored as the 2003-04 MAAC Coach of the Year and enjoyed the best recruiting classes in school history.

Prior to taking over as head coach at Fairfield, O’Toole spent the 1997-98 season as an assistant coach under Tommy Amaker at Seton Hall. He helped guide the Pirates to a third-place finish in the Big East and an NIT bid.

O’Toole also spent two years at Duke as an assistant coach to Krzyzewski, coaching Jeff Capel, as well as bringing in the number one recruiting class in the country with Elton Brand, Shane Battier, William Avery, and Chris Burgess. He helped lead the Blue Devils to the 1997 ACC title, while working alongside coaches Quin Snyder of the Atlanta Hawks and Amaker now at Harvard.

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 University from 1987-89.

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 going undefeated in 1987.

O’Toole has received numerous honors and awards including CT Multiple Sclerosis 2005 Person of the Year. In 2004, he was inducted into the Westchester County Sports Hall of Fame and he was a 2008 inductee into the Archbishop Stepinac High School Hall of Fame. In 2017, O’Toole was inducted into the Fairfield Hall of Fame.