Aaron Toomey

Aaron Toomey (born May 1, 1992) is an American college basketball coach for the Hartford Hawks of the Commonwealth Coast Conference. He played college basketball for the Amherst Mammoths, where he was the national Player of the Year in 2013 and led the Mammoths to the Division III national championship.

Aaron Toomey
Hartford Hawks
PositionHead coach
ConferenceCommonwealth Coast Conference
Personal information
Born (1992-05-01) May 1, 1992
Greensboro, North Carolina, U.S.
Listed height6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Listed weight170 lb (77 kg)
Career information
High schoolBishop McGuinness
(Kernersville, North Carolina)
CollegeAmherst (2010–2014)
NBA draft2014: undrafted
PositionPoint guard
Number2
Coaching career2015–present
Career history
As player:
2014Fuenlabrada
As coach:
2015–2019Amherst (assistant)
2019–2020Amherst (interim)
2020–2021Vassar (assistant)
2021–2023Rochester (assistant)
2023–presentHartford
Career highlights and awards
As player:
  • NCAA Division III champion (2013)
  • NABC Division III Player of the Year (2013)
  • 2× First-team Division III All-American – NABC (2013, 2014)
  • 2× NESCAC Player of the Year (2013, 2014)
  • 3× First-team All-NESCAC (2012–2014)
  • NESCAC Rookie of the Year (2011)

A Greensboro, North Carolina native, Toomey attended Bishop McGuinness Catholic High School. He committed to play for coach David Hixon at Amherst College. At Amherst, Toomey led the Mammoths to one of the most successful stretches in their history. As a junior point guard in the 2012–13 season, Toomey averaged 17.3 points, 5 assists and 4.8 rebounds per game, leading the program to its second national championship. For the season, Toomey was named the national player of the year by the National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC).

Following the close of his college career, Toomey signed with Fuenlabrada in Spain. His career was cut short prematurely due to injury and he returned to Amherst as an assistant on Hixon's staff. He served in this role until 2019 when Hixon took a leave of absence from the program and Toomey was named the interim head coach.

After stints as an assistant at Vassar and Rochester, Toomey was named the head coach for the Hartford Hawks in 2023.

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