Andy Toolson

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Andy Toolson
Personal information
Born (1966-01-19) January 19, 1966 (age 58)
Maroussi
1999Girona Gavis
1999Adecco Estudiantes
2000–2001Casademont Girona
As coach:
2001–2005BYU (assistant)
Career highlights and awards
  • Spanish Cup winner (1997)
  • 2×
    Spanish League All-Star
    (1993, 1994)
  • Greek League All-Star
    (1998)
  • Greek All-Star Game 3-Point Shootout Champion
    (1998)
  • First-team Academic All-American (1990)
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Stats Edit this at Wikidata at Basketball-Reference.com

Andrew Kent Toolson (born January 19, 1966) is an American retired professional basketball player. A 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) shooting guard-small forward, he played college basketball at BYU

Early life and college years

Born in Chicago, Andy Toolson was the fourth child of Bill and Elaine Toolson, owners of a drugstore; Bill was a dental student at the Loyola University School of Dentistry.[1][2] Andy Toolson graduated from Twin Falls High School of Twin Falls, Idaho, in 1984 and attended Brigham Young University (BYU). With a .503 field goal percentage, Toolson was the third-leading scorer on the BYU Cougars men's basketball team as a freshman (1984–85) season with 8.5 points per game with a season-high 23 in a triple-overtime loss to UTEP. From 1985 to 1987, Toolson served an LDS mission in Concepción, Chile.[3]

As a sophomore (1987–88), in 32 games (22 starts), Toolson averaged 6.0 points and 2.8 rebounds and made 43.0% of field goal attempts. Toolson improved to 15.3 points per game and 6.6 rebounds per game in 30 games (26 starts) in his junior season 1988–89 and won three

James A. McClure of Idaho.[4]

In his senior year 1989–90, Toolson averaged 18.3 points and 6.6 rebounds in 30 games and was a first-team Academic All-America selection. As of 2012, Toolson still ranks as 3rd overall in 3-point shooting percentage (.437) at BYU. Toolson graduated from BYU with a Bachelor of Arts degree in international relations in 1990. In 1999, Toolson earned his Master of Arts degree in social science at Syracuse University.[3]

Professional playing career

Toolson was not selected in the

Legadue Basket in the 1991–92 season.[5]

For the 1992–1993 season, Toolson played in the

Liga ACB All-Start selection in 1993, and also in the ULEB edition of Spain's All-Star Game in 1994.[5]

Returning to the Utah Jazz for the

Maroussi of the top-tier Greek league before being cut in January 1999.[9] From February to April 1999, Toolson played for Girona Gavis of Liga ACB. He then signed with Adecco Estudiantes of Liga ACB the following season and was cut in November 1999. For his final season (2000–01), Toolson played for the Liga ACB team Casademont Girona.[5]

Post-playing career

Coaching

After his playing days Toolson was invited back to BYU as an assistant coach under Steve Cleveland. Toolson's primary responsibilities were recruiting, academics, offensive skill development, and game preparation.[3] Toolson would serve as an assistant coach from 2001–2005.[10]

Sports broadcasting

In 2006 Toolson joined

Dave McCann (2007, 2009–present), Jarom Jordan (1 game in 2009), Chris Twitty (2007), and Steve Brown (2008). In 2010 Toolson would sign a contract with the Mtn.
where he has called games with Dan Gutowsky and Peter Young. He currently lives in Vancouver, Washington.

Personal life

Andy's cousin Ryan is a professional basketball player.[11]

References

  1. ^ "Sunshine seems to follow BYU's Andy Toolson". Provo Daily Herald. May 16, 2001. Archived from the original on April 11, 2013. Retrieved March 2, 2013.
  2. ^ "William E. Toolson". Provo Daily Herald. March 19, 2011. Archived from the original on July 2, 2018. Retrieved March 2, 2013.
  3. ^ a b c d "Andy Toolson Athlete Profile". Archived from the original on 2011-11-13. Retrieved 2011-07-18.
  4. ^ Rock, Brad (January 22, 1990). "Reluctant hero". Deseret News. Retrieved March 2, 2013.
  5. ^ a b c d "Andy Toolson" (in Spanish). ACB. Archived from the original on May 20, 2011. Retrieved March 2, 2013.
  6. ^ a b "Andy Toolson". basketball-reference.com. Retrieved March 2, 2013.
  7. ^ "Cavalry's Road Woes Continue Against Tri-City". The Oklahoman. January 24, 1993. Retrieved March 2, 2013.
  8. ^ Evans, Richard (July 26, 1993). "For CBA players, every game is an audition". Deseret News. Retrieved March 2, 2013.
  9. ^ «Η αποζημίωση, οι μπουνιές και η... τσιγαρίλα!» (in Greek). Sentra Goal. July 12, 2013. Archived from the original on April 28, 2015. Retrieved May 12, 2015.
  10. ^ "The Factory: Week Long Basketball Camp with current and former coaches". Archived from the original on 2012-07-27. Retrieved 2019-09-28.
  11. ^ "COLUMN: Never be another Toolson? Don't bet on it". February 9, 2009. Retrieved January 3, 2015.

External links

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