Mike Anderson (College Basketball Coach)

Mike Anderson

Teams coached: UAB Blazers, Missouri Tigers, Arkansas Razorbacks, St. John’s Red Storm
UAB record: 89-41 (.685)
Missouri record: 111-57 (.661)
Arkansas record: 169-102 (.624)
St. John’s record: 68-56 (.548)
Overall record: 437-256 (.631)

NCAA National Championships: 0
NCAA Tournament Appearances: 9 (2004, 2005, 2006, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2015, 2017, 2018)
NCAA Tournament Sweet Sixteen: 2 (2004, 2009)
NCAA Tournament Final Four: 0
NIT Championships: 0
NIT Appearances: 3 (2003, 2014, 2019)
Conference USA Regular Season Champion: 1 (2004)
Big 12 Tournament Champion: 1 (2009)

Michael Andre Anderson
Born December 12, 1959
Hometown: Birmingham, Alabama
Alma Mater: University of Tulsa (B.Ed., 1982)
Played for Hall of Fame head coach Nolan Richardson at Tulsa from 1980-1982
Spent twenty years on Richardson‘s coaching staff, first at Tulsa then at Arkansas
Was an assistant coach in 1994 when Richardson lead the Razorbacks to a National Championship victory
In four years as UAB head coach, took the Blazers to three NCAA Tournaments; made the Sweet Sixteen in 2004
Spent five years as head coach at Missouri, leading the Tigers to the NCAA Tournament in each of his last three seasons there; went to the Elite Eight in 2009
Left Mizzou to return to Arkansas as head coach in 2012
- After a slow start, Anderson has taken the Razorbacks to three NCAA Tournaments in his last five seasons
- Fired in March 2019 after going 169-102 over eight seasons at the helm
Hired in April 2019 to become the new head coach at St. John’s; went 17-15 in his first season
- Finished 4th in the Big East in 2020-21 at 10-9, earning Big East COY honors for that year
- Anderson went 68-56 over four seasons but failed to reach the postseason and was fired in March 2023
Along with his wife, Marcheita, has three children and four grandchildren