Harold Anderson
Harold Anderson (1902-1967)
Teams coached: Toledo Rockets, Bowling Green Falcons
Toledo record: 142-41 (.776)
Bowling Green record: 362-185 (.662)
Overall record: 504-226 (.690)
Career Accomplishments:
- NCAA National Championships: 0
- NCAA Tournament Appearances: 3 (1959, 1962, 1963)
- NCAA Tournament Sweet Sixteen: 1 (1963)
- NCAA Tournament Final Four: 0
- NIT Championships: 0 (Runner-up in 1945)
- NIT Appearances: 7 (1942, 1944, 1945, 1946, 1948, 1949, 1954)
- MAC Regular Season Champion: 3 (1959, 1962, 1963)
Awards:
- Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame (inducted 1985)
- National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame (inducted 2006)
Coaching Career (head coach, unless noted):
| 1942-1963 | Bowling Green |
| 1934-1942 | Toledo |
Harold Anderson Facts
- William Harold Anderson
- Born September 11, 1902
- Died June 13, 1967
- Hometown: Akron, Ohio
- Alma Mater: Otterbein College (BA, 1924) / University of Michigan (MA, 1939)
- Lettered in football, baseball, basketball and track at Akron Central HS (OH), before going on to do the same at Otterbein College in Columbus, OH
- Earned eleven letters at Otterbein, three each in football, baseball and basketball and two in track
- Was a teacher and coach at Wauseon HS and Toledo Waite HS early in his career
- Spent eight seasons as the head coach at Toledo, winning 142 games and finishing 4th in the 1942 NIT
- Left Toledo for Bowling Green in 1942, coaching the Falcons for the next 21 years
- Went to the postseason nine times (three NCAA, six NIT) and won 367 games in total
- Also served as the University’s athletic director from 1942-1965
- From 1960-2011, Bowling Green played its home games on campus at Anderson Arena, named in the coach’s honor
- In addition to the Naismith and College Basketball HOF honors (see above), Anderson was also inducted into both the Toledo Athletic and Bowling Green Athletic Halls of Fame
Harold Anderson Coaching Tree
- Al Bianchi (Virginia Squires, Washington Caps, Seattle SuperSonics)
