Tony Skinn (George Mason Patriots)

Tony Skinn

Current position: Head men’s basketball coach
Current team: George Mason Patriots
Current conference: Atlantic 10 Conference (A-10)
George Mason record: 0-0 (.000)
Overall record: 0-0 (.000)

Tony Oludewa Jeffrey Skinn
Born February 8, 1983
Hometown: Takoma Park, Maryland
Alma Mater: George Mason University (BA, 2006)
Born in Lagos, Nigeria, Skinn emigrated with his family to the United States at two and was raised in Maryland
Graduated from Takoma Academy (MD) and started out his collegiate career at Blinn College in Texas
- Transferred back home to play for Jim Larrañaga at George Mason, becoming a three-year contributor and two-year starter for the Patriots
- Skinn was a senior starter on the 2005-06 team that earned an at-large 11-seed in the NCAA Tournament and then went on an improbable run to the Final Four, beating the likes of Michigan State, North Carolina and UConn along the way
- After graduation, Skinn spent six years playing professionally overseas, including stops in France, Italy, Germany and Israel
Returned to the States in 2012 and joined DC’s NIKE Team Takeover AAU program as an assistant coach; also worked as athletic director at Paul International HS in DC
Hired in 2015 to be an assistant at Louisiana Tech, working under Eric Konkol for three seasons
Followed that up with stints at Seton Hall (under Kevin Willard), Ohio State (under Chris Holtmann) and back home at Maryland for one season (reuniting with Willard)
In March 2023, Skinn was hired to be the new head coach at his alma mater, George Mason