Tommy Strine joined the IUPUI men's basketball coaching staff in June 2021 and will assist in all facets of the program, including serving as the Jaguars' co-offensive coordinator. Strine, an Indiana-native, comes to IUPUI after a one-year stint as an assistant coach at Chicago State.
In Strine's lone season with the Cougars, CSU had its season cut short due to the COVID-19 pandemic. He previously served as the director of operations at Lamar, helping the Cardinals post 17 wins in 2019 including a return to the conference tournament for the fourth-straight year. While at Lamar, he was named to the Under Armour 30-Under-30 Team, a group which represents 30 of the most outstanding men's college basketball coaches (from all collegiate levels) under the age of 30.
Prior to his lone season at Lamar, Strine served as the director of basketball operations at Cleveland State (2018) following three seasons working in the same capacity at American University (2015-18) where he helped the Eagles advance to the semifinals of the 2016 Patriot League Tournament. During his stint at AU he had the opportunity to help coach Patriot League Rookie of the Year Delante Jones (2016) and two Patriot All-Rookie Team members Mark Gasperini and Sa'eed Nelson (2017).
His coaching career began in 2010 at the club level before taking an assistant's position at Marion (Ind.) High School. He spent one season at MHS (2013) before taking an assistant coaching position at Concordia University – Ann Arbor (2014). In that same year, Strine also served as a tryout instructor for the Fort Wayne Mad Ants of the NBA's developmental league. Following his stint in Michigan, Strine served as video coordinator at the University of Richmond for one season (2014-15) for a 21-win Spiders squad which finished fourth in the Atlantic 10 Conference and advanced to the quarterfinals of the 2015 National Invitational Tournament (NIT) as a No. 1 seed.
Strine was a standout player at Lakewood Park Christian School in Auburn, Ind., and then played collegiately at Anderson University where he helped the Ravens advance to the 2010 NCAA Championships. It marks AU's first-ever Heartland Conference crown and the Ravens set school records for wins and conference wins. He earned his degree from IPFW in 2014.
He and his wife Sarah welcomed a baby daughter, Abigail, in spring 2020.
