Troy Tonsil took over as the men's basketball head coach in the Fall of 2023.
Tonsil joined the men's basketball coaching staff as an assistant on Mark White's bench in 2012. As a Dominican University student, Tonsil lettered three seasons with the Stars’ basketball team from 2005-2008, the most successful three-year stretch in the program since Dominican joined the NCAA Division III ranks in 2000.
Â
Prior to the 2016 season, Tonsil was promoted to full-time status adding coaching responsibilities with the women's basketball program and both the men's & women's tennis programs. Tonsil was a part of the rebuild that led the women's basketball program to new heights, including back-to-back NACC semifinal appearances.
On the tennis front, the men's tennis program qualified for the NACC Tournament in Tonsil's first four seasons, including a semifinal appearance in 2018.
Â
In addition to his time on the court as a player, Tonsil has served as an assistant coach with the Kenwood Academy High School (2011-2012) and the Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy (2008-2011) boys’ basketball teams as well as working at the Camp Chen-A-Wanda basketball camp in Thompson, Pennsylvania during the summer of 2012.
After earning a Bachelor of Arts degree in Business Administration from Dominican in May of 2008, Tonsil went on to Northern Illinois University, receiving a Master of Science in Sport Management in August 2012. Through his coursework at NIU, Tonsil worked with the Grad Sport Society, participating in weekly promotions to sustain the integrity of best business practices in sport across campus.
