Anthony Anderson, who had been assistant coach for the men’s basketball team at Lamar State College – Port Arthur in 2012-13, joined the women’s basketball team as an assistant coach on Sept. 16, 2013.
Anderson took on the responsibility of serving as the recruiting coordinator in 2017-18.
During his five years with the program, Anderson has helped the program reach new heights, achieving the first winning season (19-15) and postseason appearance (WBI) in the NCAA Division I history of the program in 2014-15, helping the team to sustain that success by going 19-14 and reaching the WNIT in 2015-16, and then helping the team to a 19-14 record, its first postseason win, a spot in the WBI Quarterfinals, and the Preseason WNIT in 2016-17.
Anderson has made a large impact on the play of the point guards, helping to transition WAC Player of the Year Shawnte' Goff from small forward to point guard in 2015-16, and developing T'Ondria Nolen into one of the top point guards in the WAC, as she led the conference and ranked 37th in the NCAA in assist-to-turnover ratio (2.08) while dishing out 131 assists, the third-highest single-season total in program history, in 2014-15.
Under his guidance, Goff finished her career ranked second in program history in assists with 336. Anderson has also successfully helped Bernesha Peters transition from shooting guard to point guard in 2016-17.
Prior to UTRGV, Anderson helped the Lamar State College – Port Arthur to a 20-11 record, including a 10-9 mark in conference play, in 2012-13.
Anderson spent the 2011-12 season on the men’s basketball coaching staff at Paul Quinn College in Dallas, doubling as both the associate head coach of the varsity team and the head coach of the junior varsity team. He also served as an academic monitor and tutor.
Anthony worked with the Louisiana Blue Chips AAU traveling team during the summers of 2011 and 2012, where he coached the 17 and under elite team. Anthony’s father, Anthony Anderson, Sr., runs the Louisiana Blue Chips organization after coaching basketball at schools such as McNeese State, New Orleans, UT Arlington, SMU and TCU.
The younger Anderson also took part in the Isaiah Thomas Basketball Camp during the summer of 2010 and the Five Star Basketball Camp during each of the last four summers.
Anderson played collegiately at Florida International University, where he earned his bachelor’s degree in liberal arts in 2011. He went on to earn a Master of Sports Science in sports coaching with an emphasis on NCAA Compliance from the United States Sports Academy this year.
Anderson is originally from Slidell, Louisiana.
