Tom Hankins

Tom Hankins (born January 22, 1966) is an American basketball head coach for the Noblesville Boom of the NBA G League.

Tom Hankins

Noblesville Boom
Position	Head coach
League	NBA G League
Personal information
Born	(1966-01-22) January 22, 1966 (age 59) Dallas, Texas, U.S.
Career information
High school	Thomas Edison (Tulsa, Oklahoma)
College	Northeastern Oklahoma A&M (1984–1986) Northeastern State (1987–1989)
Coaching career	1991–present
Career history
As a coach:
1991–1992	Northwest Missouri State (assistant)
1992–1997	East Central HS (assistant)
1997–2012	Oral Roberts (assistant)
2012–2015	Southern Illinois (associate HC)
2015–2019	Central Oklahoma
2019–2021	Indiana Pacers (assistant player development)
2020–present	Fort Wayne/Indiana Mad Ants / Noblesville Boom
Career highlights
NBA G League Next Up Game (2024)

Early life and college career

Hankins attended Thomas Edison High School in Tulsa, Oklahoma, graduating in 1984.^[1] He was a high school teammate of future NBA executive Kevin Pritchard.^[2] Hankins played college basketball at Northeastern Oklahoma A&M College and Northeastern State University. He worked as a graduate assistant at Northeastern Oklahoma A&M under coach Larry Gipson.^[3]

Coaching career

Northwest Missouri State

Hankins served as assistant coach for Northwest Missouri State in the 1991–1992 season.

East Central High School

In 1992 Hankins joined East Central High School in Tulsa, Oklahoma to serve as an assistant coach. He coached there until 1997.^[4]

Oral Roberts University

In 1997 Hankins joined Oral Roberts University as an assistant coach. He served as assistant until 2012,^[5] working with head coaches Barry Hinson and Scott Sutton.^[1] He helped the team to five Summit League titles and three NCAA tournament appearances.^[6]

Southern Illinois University

In 2012 Hankins was hired as an assistant head coach for Southern Illinois University, reuniting with Barry Hinson.^[1] He served as an assistant until 2015.^[7]

University of Central Oklahoma

In 2015 Hankins was hired by University of Central Oklahoma to serve as head coach. ^[8] In 2019 Hankins resigned as head coach.^[9]

Indiana Pacers

In 2019 Hankins was hired by the Indiana Pacers to serve as the assistant player development coach. He was with the Pacers for the 2019–2020 season, ^[10] focusing on players such as Naz Mitrou-Long and Brian Bowen.^[2]

Noblesville Boom

In January 2021, Hankins was hired as the head coach of the Fort Wayne Mad Ants (now called the Noblesville Boom). ^[11]

Head coaching record

College

Statistics overview

Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
Central Oklahoma Bronchos (Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association) (2015–2019)
2015–16	Central Oklahoma	16–14	11–11	T–5th
2016–17	Central Oklahoma	17–12	11–8	T–4th
2017–18	Central Oklahoma	20–10	12–7	4th
2018–19	Central Oklahoma	11–17	4–15	14th
Central Oklahoma:		64–53 (.547)	38–41 (.481)
Total:		64–53 (.547)
National champion         Postseason invitational champion         Conference regular season champion         Conference regular season and conference tournament champion       Division regular season champion       Division regular season and conference tournament champion       Conference tournament champion