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Toby Lane
Toby Lane
Toby Lane is in his second season as an assistant coach, and eighth year with the Tulsa men’s basketball program. Prior to being promoted to assistant, he spent two season as the team’s Director of Scouting. He joined the Hurricane program in 2014 as Video Coordinator. 

Lane began his tenure at Tulsa in the 2014-15 season as the video coordinator before being promoted to the team’s director of scouting prior to the 2017-18 campaign. Lane has been a part of Tulsa’s 116 victories, two post-season tournament appearances and the 2020 American Athletic Conference regular season championship.

Since moving to the collegiate coaching ranks in 1996-97, Lane has held various positions in the past 24 seasons. Among his multiple positions, Lane has served as a graduate assistant, strength coach, video coordinator, director of operations and an assistant coach.
 
He has been part of nine post-season tournament teams and teams winning five conference titles, including Big 12 Tournament Championships at Oklahoma in 2003 and Missouri in 2012. Lane’s post-season experience has included five NCAA Tournament appearances, including an NCAA Elite Eight at Oklahoma in 2003, and four NIT appearances.

Prior to joining the Tulsa basketball staff, Lane spent three seasons (2011-14) as director of basketball operations at Missouri. Previously, he was the associate director of basketball operations under Haith at Miami from 2007-11.
 
Before that, Lane was as an assistant coach at Southeast Missouri State from 2004-07 after spending three seasons as the video coordinator at Oklahoma (2002-04).

Lane received his start in coaching in 1993 when was the head boy’s basketball coach at Goessel (Kan.) High School for three seasons. He entered the college coaching ranks on the junior college level at Neosho County (Mo.) Community College in 1996-97. In 1997, Lane then moved to the University of Central Oklahoma for four years (1997-01), where he first served as a graduate assistant coach then was an assistant coach through the 2000-01 season.
 
He moved to Long Beach State in 2001-02 as the school’s assistant strength and conditioning coach for basketball.  

Lane received his bachelor’s degree in secondary mathematics education from Wichita State in 1993 and then earned his master’s degree in general education from Central Oklahoma in 1999.


The Lane File

Coaching Experience

25 years overall – Assistant Coach, Tulsa (2020-pres.); Director of Scouting, Tulsa (2017-20); Video Coordinator, Tulsa (2014-16); Director of Basketball Operations, Missouri (2011-13); Associate Director of Basketball Operations, Miami (2007-10); Assistant Coach, Southeast Missouri State (2004-07); Video Coordinator, Oklahoma (2002-04); Assistant Coach, Central Oklahoma (2000-01). 

Coaching Accolades

• Five conference titles as a part coach of the coaching staff

• Five postseason runs while on a coaching staff, including one NCAA ‘Elite Eight”

• Helped Tulsa to a 2020 American Athletic Conference Championship