Mike Anderson (basketball)

Mike Anderson (basketball)
Mike Anderson
Sport(s) Basketball
Current position
Title Head coach
Team University of Arkansas
Record 0-0 (—)
Biographical details
Born December 12, 1959 (1959-12-12) (age 51)
Place of birth Birmingham, Alabama, USA
Playing career
1978–1980
1980–1982
Jefferson State CC
Tulsa
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1982–1985
1985–2002
2002–2006
2006–2011
2011–present
Tulsa (asst.)
Arkansas (asst.)
UAB
Missouri
Arkansas
Head coaching record
Overall 200-98 (.671)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
2004 Conference USA Season
2004 Conference USA Tournament
2009 Big 12 Tournament
Awards
2003-04 Conference USA Coach of the Year
2008–09 NABC Coach of the Year
2008-09 Clair Bee Coach of the Year Award

Mike Anderson (born December 12, 1959) is the current head basketball coach for the University of Arkansas Razorbacks. He is a former assistant coach under Nolan Richardson at Arkansas and is best known for using his up tempo "The Fastest 40 Minutes in Basketball" to rebuild the basketball programs at both the UAB and the University of Missouri. His career record is 200-98. He has the highest winning percentage (.661) for any head coach at the University of Missouri with at least a three year tenure, including legendary coach Norm Stewart's .656. Anderson was the fastest coach to reach 100 wins in school history, and is the only coach in the history of Missouri Tiger Basketball to win 30 games in one season.

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Playing career

Anderson was born and raised in Birmingham, Alabama, where he attended Jackson-Olin High School in the Ensley-Pratt City neighborhood, leading the Mustangs to the semifinals of the Alabama state basketball tournament and averaging 19 points per game in his junior and senior years and winning all-state honors. Anderson moved on to Jefferson State Community College in Birmingham, where he was spotted by an opposing coach named Nolan Richardson. When Richardson was offered the coaching job at the University of Tulsa, he quickly offered Anderson a scholarship. In Anderson's two years with the Golden Hurricane he averaged 12 points a game, and the team won an NIT title and gained an NCAA tournament berth.

Coaching career

Assistant positions

After graduating in 1982, Anderson went into substitute teaching while looking for a coaching job. Richardson brought him on to the University of Tulsa's staff as a volunteer assistant. When Richardson moved on to the University of Arkansas, he brought Anderson along as an assistant for a 17-year stint, the last five as assistant head coach. During that time, the Razorbacks won three Southwest Conference championships, two Southeastern Conference titles, three appearances in the Final Four, a national championship 1994 and a second-place finish in 1995. When Richardson was fired, Anderson took over for the remainder of the 2001-02 season as interim head coach.

UAB

In 2002, Anderson took over the program at UAB, which was coming off a 13-17 season and had only one NCAA appearance since 1995. Anderson quickly turned the program around, leading the team to 22 wins and a National Invitation Tournament Quarterfinals appearance. Anderson then led the Blazers to three straight appearances in the NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament. In 2004, the Blazers advanced to the Sweet Sixteen by virtue of a 76-75 upset victory over the University of Kentucky, the tournament's overall #1 seed. UAB ended the season ranked 23rd in the USA Today coaches' poll. Anderson was named Conference USA Coach of the Year, and is the only coach in UAB history to take the Blazers to the post season every year of his tenure.

Missouri

The First Two Seasons (2006–2007) & (2007–2008)

Anderson was then hired in 2006 to take over the mess at the University of Missouri, rehabilitating a program that was under investigation under Quin Snyder. Anderson's first team, a collection of transfers and raw talent, went 18-12 but missed out on post-season play after a loss to Baylor in the Big 12 Tournament. His 2007-08 campaign saw the inclusion of his nephew DeMarre Carroll, a transfer from Vanderbilt, but also was hit by scandal, as a group of players (the "Athena Five", so named for where the incident took place) were arrested for a fight in a Columbia nightclub. That incident marked the second disciplinary issue of the season for Anderson's team. Before the season, starting forward Kalen Grimes had been dismissed from the team after being arrested for hitting a man with the butt of a shotgun.[1] The Tigers finished 16-16, losing in the Big 12 Tourney to Nebraska and missing out on post-season play.

The Third Season (2008–2009)

Anderson's third season at Mizzou, the 2008-09 season brought with it many questions: How well would he be able to blend his seven new players (five freshman and two transfers) with the remaining Tigers from the previous season including the only two remaining players from the Quin Snyder era? After failing to reach the post season his first two seasons would Mike Anderson be able to lead his Tigers to an NIT or NCAA post season tournament? Missouri was picked to finish 7th in the Big 12 by the coaches. The Tigers season started off to a great start with a 9-1 record including wins over USC and Cal and a close loss to a top 25 team (Xavier) in Puerto Rico. The Tigers finished their non conference schedule with a record of 13-2. The team lost the conference opener but responded by winning eleven of their next twelve Big 12 games including a last-second win at Texas, which earned them a national ranking, and then a memorable win over their arch rival Kansas at home, where the Tigers climbed back from a 14-point halftime deficit to win the game after Zaire Taylor's game winning shot with 1.3 seconds remaining. Mike Anderson's 2008-09 Tiger team finished their last home game of the season by beating #5 Oklahoma on senior night. The Tigers went undefeated at home, winning 18 games. The Tigers then won the Big XII tournament by defeating Texas Tech, Oklahoma State and Baylor (Mar. 14) on successive nights.[2] Victories over Cornell, Marquette and Memphis pushed the Tigers into the Elite 8, where top-seeded UConn ended Missouri's run with a 82-75 win.

Anderson was also one of ten finalists for the 2008-09 Henry Iba Award.[3] The other 9 finalists were John Calipari, Memphis; Bill Self (eventual winner), Kansas; Jamie Dixon, Pittsburgh; Mike Montgomery, California; Stew Morrill, Utah State; Matt Painter, Purdue; Oliver Purnell, Clemson, and Brad Stevens, Butler.

On March 31, 2009, Anderson signed a 7-year extension at Missouri, passing up an offer from the University of Georgia.[4] The extension increased Anderson's base balary to $1.6 million and up to $2.2 million with incentives. The offer Anderson reportedly turned down from Georgia was worth more than $2 million a year. Anderson also turned down a $3 million dollar a year offer during the summer of 2010.

Final two seasons (2009–2010) & (2010–2011)

Anderson's teams went 23-11 and finished 5th in the conference in both of his final two seasons with Missouri. The Tigers made the NCAA tournament both years but never finished above third place in conference during his tenure. This three year span was the first time the team had made three or more consecutive trips to the NCAA tournament since 2003. That same three year span is the first time the Tigers had won more than 20 games three years in a row since since 1980-1983.

Arkansas

On March 23, 2011, Anderson signed a 7-year contract with the University of Arkansas worth $2.2 Million a year. On April 6, 2011, the University of Arkansas announced Anderson's entire coaching staff including Melvin Watkins. T.J. Cleveland, and Matt Zimmerman would follow him from Missouri.[5]

Controversy

During the final month of Anderson's tenure at the University of Missouri, his name became linked with the Arkansas opening because of John Pelphrey's increasingly unstable job status. On March 4, 2011, Anderson dismissed the rumors, telling Columbia Tribune sportswriter Steve Walentik he planned to stay at MU for "a long time, retire here."[6]

On March 14, Arkansas fired Pelphrey.[7] Nine days later, Anderson accepted the head coaching position at Arkansas.[8] The departure stunned Missouri fans, especially in light of Anderson's comments to the Tribune earlier in the month.[9] According to MU guard Marcus Denmon, Anderson told him days before leaving that he would stay at MU and "didn't plan on changing." Anderson did not hold a press conference after accepting the Arkansas job, but Denmon, forward Laurence Bowers and guard Kim English-- three seniors recruited to Missouri by Anderson-- expressed both disappointment and understanding of Anderson's decision.[10]

Later in the week, when Anderson held his introductory press conference at Arkansas, a reporter from KOMU traveled to Fayetteville to ask Anderson why he did not address fans or media in Columbia. Anderson denied that claim, citing a press release on Arkansas's official athletic website as the official "good-bye." Fans at the press conference booed the reporter, but Anderson told the crowd the questions were "legit," and that "Columbia was great to Mike Anderson."[11]

Missouri eventually hired Frank Haith to succeed Anderson. In his first press conference, Haith said Anderson told him the new Missouri players would love him.[12]

Head coaching record

Season Team Overall Conference Standing Postseason
UAB (Conference USA) (2002–2006)
2002–2003 UAB 21–13 8–8 T–2nd (National) NIT Quarterfinals
2003–2004 UAB 22–10 12–4 T–1st NCAA Sweet Sixteen
2004–2005 UAB 22–11 10–6 T–4th NCAA 2nd Round
2005–2006 UAB 24–7 12–2 2nd NCAA 1st Round
UAB: 89–41 (.685) 42–20 (.677)
Missouri (Big 12 Conference) (2006–2011)
2006–2007 Missouri 18–12 7–9 6th
2007–2008 Missouri 16–16 6–10 10th
2008–2009 Missouri 31–7 12–4 3rd NCAA Elite Eight
2009–2010 Missouri 23–11 10–6 5th NCAA 2nd Round
2010–2011 Missouri 23–11 8–8 T–5th NCAA 1st Round
Missouri: 111–57 (.661) 43–37 (.538)
Arkansas (Southeastern Conference) (2011–present)
2011–2012 Arkansas
Total: 200–98 (.671)

      National Champion         Conference Regular Season Champion         Conference Tournament Champion
      Conference Regular Season & Conference Tournament Champion       Conference Division Champion

Outside of coaching

Anderson and his wife, Marcheita, have three children: Darcheita, Michael Jr. and Yvonne; and four grandchildren. Michael Jr. is a former player and is now the team manager, working under his father at Missouri, while Yvonne is a two year letterman for the Texas Longhorns women's basketball team as a junior.[13]

Nephew DeMarre Carroll was the team's leading scorer his senior year and now plays for the Memphis Grizzlies, and nephew T.J. Cleveland is currently an assistant coach.

See also

References

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