Mike Anderson (basketball)
Anderson being interviewed by ESPN during his second season at Arkansas
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| Sport(s) | Basketball |
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| Current position | |
| Title | Head coach |
| Team | Arkansas |
| Conference | SEC |
| Record | 119-69 (.633) |
| Biographical details | |
| Born |
December 12, 1959 Birmingham, Alabama |
| Playing career | |
| 1978–1980 | Jefferson State CC |
| 1980–1982 | Tulsa |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1982–1985 | Tulsa (asst.) |
| 1985–2002 | Arkansas (asst.) |
| 2002–2006 | UAB |
| 2006–2011 | Missouri |
| 2011–present | Arkansas |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 319-167 (.656) |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
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C-USA Tournament championship (2004) C-USA regular season championship (2004) Big 12 Tournament championship (2009) |
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| Awards | |
| Conference USA Coach of the Year (2004) NABC Coach of the Year (2009) Clair Bee Coach of the Year Award (2009) |
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Michael Andre "Mike" Anderson (born December 12, 1959) is the current head basketball coach for the University of Arkansas. He served as an assistant/associate head coach under Nolan Richardson at Arkansas for 17 years. Over his 15 seasons as a head coach, Anderson has compiled a 319-167 record, nine 20-win campaigns, seven NCAA Tournament appearances, two Sweet 16 berths and a run to the 2009 Elite Eight. Anderson is one of just 11 current Division I head coaches with 10+ years of experience and no losing seasons.
Anderson was born and raised in Birmingham, Alabama, where he attended Jackson-Olin High School in the Ensley-Pratt City neighborhood, leading the Mustangs to the semifinals of the Alabama state basketball tournament and averaging 19 points per game in his junior and senior years and winning all-state honors. Anderson moved on to Jefferson State Community College in Birmingham, where he was spotted by an opposing coach named Nolan Richardson. When Richardson was offered the coaching job at the University of Tulsa, he quickly offered Anderson a scholarship. In Anderson's two years with the Golden Hurricane he averaged 12 points a game, and the team won an NIT title and gained an NCAA tournament berth.
After graduating in 1982, Anderson went into substitute teaching while looking for a coaching job. Richardson brought him on to the University of Tulsa's staff as a volunteer assistant. When Richardson moved on to the University of Arkansas, he brought Anderson along as an assistant for a 17-year stint, the last five as assistant head coach. During that time, the Razorbacks won three Southwest Conference championships, two Southeastern Conference titles, three appearances in the Final Four, a national championship in 1994 and a second-place finish in 1995. When Richardson was fired, Anderson took over for the remainder of the 2001-02 season as interim head coach.
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