Toman was the head football coach at Joplin Junior College—now known as Missouri Southern State University—from 1964 to 1966, compiling a record of 22–6.
Toman played college football at the University of Missouri under coaches Frank Broyles and Dan Devine before graduating in 1960.
He began his coaching career that fall as an assistant in football and track at Central High School in Springfield, Missouri.
He left Central High school in 1962 to pursue a master's degree at the University of Missouri.
In 1964, he was hired as the head football coach at Joplin Junior College, succeeding Dudley Stegge.