NJCAA Baseball Coaches Association Coaches Hall of Fame
Tolman, was coach and Athletic Director at Colorado Mesa University (formerally Mesa State College,) Grand Junction, Colorado, for 21 years, retiring in 1977 after a 42-year career. He worked with Homa Thomas to organize the first JUCO baseball tournament in 1958 at Miami, Oklahoma, and was a catalyst in establishing the tourney in Grand Junction in 1959. Tolman was Chairman of first NJCAA Baseball Committee and long-time Officer and Director of NJCAA.