After retiring with more than 400 wins as a collegiate head coach, hall of fame basketball coach Doug Tolin has joined his son Kyle Tolin’s staff at the University of Arkansas at Monticello.
Doug Tolin put together a storied career as a head coach at Oklahoma Baptist University from 2000-2015. He retired at the end of the 2014-15 season as the school’s most winningest coach with a 402-120 overall record, 14 consecutive trips to the NAIA National Tournament, the 2010 NAIA National Championship, two NAIA National Tournament runner-up finishes, one final four finish and five elite eight finishes.
Doug Tolin led the Bison to six Sooner Athletic Conference regular season championships and three SAC tournament titles. He is a four-time conference coach of the year, the 2010 NAIA National Coach of the Year and a member of five different halls of fame – NAIA (2015), Oklahoma Baptist University (2011), East Central University (2008), Oklahoma Basketball Coaches Association (2008) and Norman High School (2003).
During his tenure in Shawnee, Doug Tolin recruited and coached three NAIA national players of the year, 13 NAIA All-America honorees and seven conference players of the year.
Prior to taking over at OBU, he won 335 games throughout 22 years as a head coach at four different high schools in Oklahoma, including leading Norman High School to the 1999 state championship.
Kyle Tolin, who became UAM's 15th head men’s basketball coach prior to the 2014-15 season, played for and coached with Doug Tolin at Oklahoma Baptist for 14 years. Kyle was an assistant coach at OBU for the 10 years prior to taking over UAM.
