Tom Hankins is the seventh head coach Mad Ants history. Hankins took over the head coaching duties for Fort Wayne for the 2021 single site season in Orlando after starting with he Pacers organization in 2019.

During the 2019-20 season, Hankins served as a Player Development Assistant with the Pacers. He could often be seen in Fort Wayne accompanying two-way players while they were with the Mad Ants. Prior to working with the Pacers, Hankins coached for over 20 years on the college level, most recently spending four seasons as the head coach of Central Oklahoma University, where he won 64 games.

Prior to that, he was the Associate Head Coach for three years at Southern Illinois and spent from 1998-2012 as an assistant coach for Oral Roberts, where he made many visits to Fort Wayne as the Golden Eagles played IPFW.