Hank Anderson
| Sport(s) | Basketball |
|---|---|
| Biographical details | |
| Born |
December 5, 1920 Milton-Freewater, Oregon |
| Died | September 5, 2005 (aged 84) Gig Harbor, Washington |
| Playing career | |
| 1937–1939 | Eastern Oregon Normal |
| 1939–1941 | Oregon |
| Position(s) | Forward |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1941–1942 | Baker HS |
| 1945–1946 | Baker HS |
| 1946–1947 | Medford HS |
| 1947–1951 | Grants Pass HS |
| 1951–1972 | Gonzaga |
| 1972–1974 | Montana State |
| Administrative career (AD unless noted) | |
| 1953–1972 | Gonzaga |
| 1974–1983 | Northern Arizona |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 318–299 |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
| Big Sky co-champions, 1966, 1967 | |
| Awards | |
| Big Sky Coach of the Year, 1966 | |
Thor Henry "Hank" Anderson (December 5, 1920 – September 5, 2005) was a college basketball coach and athletic director. He was the head coach at Gonzaga University for 21 seasons, from 1951 to 1972. While at Gonzaga, he compiled a 290–275 (.513) record. Anderson later coached two seasons at Montana State University at 28–24 (.538) for a career record of 318–299 (.515). He finished his career in college athletics as the AD at Northern Arizona University.
Born in Milton-Freewater in eastern Oregon, Anderson graduated from Burns High School in Burns at age 16 in 1937 and then played college basketball for Eastern Oregon Normal School in La Grande. After two years he transferred to the University of Oregon in Eugene, and was a 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) forward for the Ducks under head coach Howard Hobson.
Anderson earned his bachelor's degree in 1941 at age 20, and was in graduate school in Eugene when he accepted his first head coaching job at Baker High School in eastern Oregon that October.
He served as an officer in the U.S. Army Air Forces in World War II and returned to Baker in 1945, then moved to western Oregon at Medford in 1946 and Grants Pass in 1947. His 1950 team was state runner-up and he had a career prep record of 167–43 (.795) prior to taking the Gonzaga job in April 1951 at age 30.
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