Jim Anderson

Teams coached: Oregon State Beavers
Oregon State record: 79-90 (.467)
Overall record: 79-90 (.467)

Jim Anderson
Born April 20, 1937
Alma Mater: Oregon State University (BA, 1959)
Played for Hall of Fame head coach Slats Gill at OSU, where he was a part of the 1958 PCC title team
Hired by Gill in 1960, he served as freshmen coach and varsity assistant for three seasons
- On the staff when the Beavers went to the NCAA Final Four in 1963
Spent two years as the head coach at Newberg HS (OR)
Returned to OSU in 1965 to work as an assistant coach under Paul Valenti
- Was an assistant for the next 24 seasons, 6 with Valenti and 18 under Ralph Miller
- Went to nine NCAA Tournaments (though three were later vacated) and three NITs
  - The Beavers won six Pac-8/Pac-10 regular season titles while Anderson was an assistant
Elevated to head coach in 1989, serving in that capacity for six seasons
- Won the Pac-10 regular season title in 1990 and was named Pac-10 COY
- Was unable to maintain that success in the years following, finishing below .500 in each of his last four years
- Let go in 1995 after two straight single-digit win seasons
Named to the Oregon State Athletics Hall of Fame (c/o 2015) and Pac-12 Basketball Hall of Honor (c/o 2016)