Methods and devices are provided for attaching soft tissue to bone. In general, a deployment device, insertion assembly, and suture anchor are provided. The insertion assembly is coupled between the deployment device and the suture anchor to allow the deployment device to deploy the suture anchor into bone.The anchor insertion device includes a housing having an outer shaft extending distally therefrom and configured to receive an anchor insertion assembly, and a suture retaining element formed on the housing and configured to retain a suture coupled to a suture anchor mated to a distal end of an anchor insertion assembly.A handle assembly is slidably coupled to the housing and it is configured to engage an anchor insertion assembly disposed trough the outer shaft and the housing such that the handle assembly and anchor insertion assembly are slidably movable relative to the housing and outer shaft to thereby deploy a suture anchor coupled.The suture retaining element includes a suture tensioning assembly adapted to tension a suture extending between a suture anchor and the suture tensioning assembly.
