Mike Anderson (born December 2, 1959)
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)
Career Accomplishments:
- 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)
Awards:
- NABC Coach of the Year: 1 (2009)
- Clair Bee Coach of the Year: 1 (2009)
- Big East Coach of the Year: 1 (2021)
- Conference USA Coach of the Year: 1 (2004)
Coaching Career (head coach, unless noted):
2019-2023 | St. John’s |
2011-2019 | Arkansas |
2006-2011 | Missouri |
2002-2006 | UAB |
1997-2002 | Arkansas (assoc. HC) |
1985-1997 | Arkansas (asst) |
1982-1985 | Tulsa (asst) |
Mike Anderson Facts
- 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
Mike Anderson Coaching Tree
- Scott Edgar (Southeast Missouri State, Eastern Oklahoma State)
- Kim English (Providence, George Mason)