Hall of Fame
Tom Klusman - Rollins College, Basketball Coach
Klusman, a 1976 graduate of Rollins College where he scored 1,006 career points and dished out 352 assists, has been head men’s basketball coach for the Tars the past 19 years. During this time his teams have won 316 games, while losing 211 with 15 winning seasons. One of the most popular and well respected coaches in the nation, Klusman, who earned his master’s degree from Rollins in 1978, has guided his teams to a pair of regular season titles and one tournament championship in the Sunshine State Conference. Klusman has been a part of all five Rollins’ teams that have advanced to the NCAA post-season, including two as a player. He was a starting point guard on teams that advanced to post season in 1974 and 1976, an assistant coach on the 1979 team and head coach of tournament participants in 1992 and 1996. Rollins was ranked No. 1 in the nation in Division II in Klusman’s senior year, the first year of the Sunshine State Conference. Klusman has been named SSC coach-of-the-year twice and South Region coach-of-the-year once.