Tod Kowalczyk

Biography

on Social Media Instagram: @tod.kowalczyk14 Twitter: @coach_kowalczyk 16 Years at Toledo Career Record at Toledo: 315-211 (.599) Overall Career Record: 451-323 (.583) (through 2025-26 season) Head coach Tod Kowalczyk has turned the University of Toledo men’s basketball program into one of the best in the Mid-American Conference during his 16-year tenure at the Rockets’ helm. Toledo’s mentor has produced a run of success that has elevated the Rockets into one of the top mid-major programs in the country. In the 2025-26 season, Toledo made a run to the MAC Championship Game after earning a Top Four seed in the tournament for a sixth-straight season. The Rockets defeated Bowling Green (77-76) in the quarterfinals and UMass (77-67) in the semifinals before falling in the championship game to Akron (79-76). The 2023-24 season saw Toledo post its fourth straight 20-win season and become only the second MAC program ever to win four consecutive outright league titles. In addition, Kowalczyk became one of five active coaches in the nation to win four straight outright conference crowns. In the 2022-23 campaign, Kowalczyk was named MAC Coach of the Year for the second time in three seasons after Toledo became the first current MAC school to win three straight outright league titles. UT tied its school record with 27 victories and posted a 16-2 mark in MAC play and won the conference title by a game over Kent State. In the 2021-22 season, the Rockets registered a 17-3 record in league p