Anthony Boone
Anthony Boone (born June 14, 1976)
Teams coached: Central Arkansas Bears
Central Arkansas record: 43-96 (.309)
Overall record: 43-96 (.309)
Career Accomplishments:
- NCAA National Championships: 0
- NCAA Tournament Appearances: 0
- NIT Championships: 0
- NIT Appearances: 0
Coaching Career (head coach, unless noted):
| 2019-2024 | Central Arkansas |
| 2014-2019 | Central Arkansas (assoc. HC) |
| 2013-2014 | Phoenix Mercury (asst) |
| 2009-2013 | Grand Canyon (asst) |
| 2003-2009 | Jackson State (asst) |
| 2000-2003 | Murray State (asst) |
| 1999-2000 | Ole Miss (grad. asst) |
Anthony Boone Facts
- Anthony Lynn Boone
- Born June 14, 1976
- Hometown: West Helena, Arkansas
- Alma Mater: University of Mississippi (BS, 1999 & MS, 2000)
- An all-state athlete and salutatorian at Central HS in West Helena, AR, Boone went on to play for Rob Evans at Ole Miss
- Named to the SEC All-Freshman team in 1995, but much of the rest of his career was hampered by injuries
- During his career, Boone was referred to as the “heart and soul” of a team that won back-to-back SEC West titles
- Became the first Ole Miss basketball player (and second athlete after Archie Manning) to have his number (#41) retired
- Also a member of the Ole Miss Athletic Hall of Fame
- Spent the 1999-2000 as a graduate assistant under new Rebels’ head coach Rod Barnes
- Joined Tevester Anderson‘s staff at Murray State in 2000, then followed Anderson to Jackson State in 2003
- Worked under Anderson for a total of nine seasons, during which time he was part of two NCAA Tournament berths
- Moved out West in 2009 to become an assistant under Russ Pennell at (then-Division II) Grand Canyon
- Spent 2013 working with Pennell with the Phoenix Mercury of the WNBA
- Returned to his home state in 2014, becoming associate head coach for Pennell at Central Arkansas
- When Pennell went on leave in December 2019 (then resigned in January), Boone was named the Bears’ interim head coach and went 9-12 to finish the season
- In March 2020, Boone had the interim tag removed and was officially hired as head coach at UCA
- The program moved from the Southland to the ASUN starting with the 2021-22 season
- Boone went 43-96 during his tenure at UCA but never won more than 11 games in a season; he was fired in March 2024
- Along with his wife, Jennifer, has two daughters
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