Spencer Toone enters his fifth year as an assistant coach for the Bengal football program and his third as the defensive coordinator and safeties coach. After sharing the coordinator duties in 2014, Toone took over sole responsibility of the defense in 2015. He also coached the outside linebackers during the 2013 season.

During the 2014 season the defense picked off the opposing teams quarterback 19 times, the most since the 1984 season. The defense also made great improvements in points allowed and yards per game.

Before coming to Idaho State, Toone was a defensive graduate assistant at Utah State where he worked with former USU coach and current Wisconsin coach Gary Anderson.

Toone was drafted by the Tennessee Titans in the seventh round of the 2006 draft where he played two years for the team. While playing collegiately at Utah he was a three-year starter that earned all-Mountain West Conference first-team honors in his senior season in 2005 after tying for the league lead in tackles with 113. Toone finished his Utah career with 293 tackles, ranked 10th all-time in school history.

Off the field, Toone was second-team ESPN The Magazine, CoSIDA Academic All-America in 2005 and a two-time academic all-District VIII first-team selection as a junior and senior. Toone also earned the President's Award as the team's best athlete with the highest GPA.

Prior to Utah, Toone played at Ricks College before serving his LDS mission to Australia from 2000-02. Toone is a native of Blackfoot, Idaho where he helped lead Snake River to the 1997 and 1998 state championships.