Andrew "Andy" Kent Toolson (born January 19, 1966[1] in Chicago, Illinois) is a retired American professional basketball player. He was a 6'6" (1.98m) shooting guard-small forward. He played college basketball at Brigham Young University where he still ranks as 3rd overall in 3-point shooting percentage at .437. During his senior year Toolson was also named an Academic All American. [2]
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Toolson played in the NBA with the Utah Jazz and in the CBA with the Tri-City Chinook during his professional career. He also played professionally in Europe. He played in the Italian League, the Spanish ACB League and the Greek A1 League.[2]
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.[2] Toolson would serve as an assistant coach from 2001-2005.[3]
In 2006 Toolson joined KSL with Greg Wrubell to call BYU men's basketball games on the radio. He would serve as an analyst for KSL broadcasts for 3 seasons (2006–2009) when he would be replaced by Mark Durrant. In 2007 Toolson also began calling some TV men's basketball games for BYUtv Sports where he has called games with 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 Alpine, Utah.