Keith Kim Anderson (born May 12, 1955) is a retired American basketball coach and most recently was head coach for the

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Career

Anderson previously served as the men's basketball head coach of the

Missouri Tigers The Missouri Tigers intercollegiate athletics programs represent the University of Missouri, located in Columbia. The name comes from a band of armed Union Home Guards called the Fighting Tigers of Columbia who, in 1864, protected Columbia fro ...

. He led the Central Missouri Mules to back-to-back MIAA championships and three appearances in the

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Final Four in 2007, 2009 and winning the championship in 2014. He led the Mules to the NCAA Men's Division II Basketball Championship in 2014 by defeating West Liberty 84–77. He played collegiately for the

University of Missouri The University of Missouri (Mizzou, MU, or Missouri) is a public university, public Land-grant university, land-grant research university in Columbia, Missouri. It is Missouri's largest university and the flagship of the four-campus Universit ...

. Born in

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, he was selected by the

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in the 2nd round (28th pick overall) of the

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and by the

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in the 7th round (146th pick overall) of the 1978 NBA draft. He played for the Trail Blazers (1978–79) in the

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for 21 games. He also was a court coach for Team USA during the

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Team Trials. On April 28, 2014 it was announced that he would take over the job vacated by

Frank Haith Frank James Haith Jr. (born November 3, 1965) is an American men's basketball coach, currently serving as an assistant coach for the University of Memphis. He previously served as head coach of the Tulsa Golden Hurricane from 2014 to 2022, and pr ...

at the

, his alma mater. After three seasons of finishing in last place in the

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, Missouri asked him to step down on March 5, 2017. On March 24, 2017, Anderson was announced as the Pittsburg State men's basketball coach, returning to the MIAA. On March 1, 2022, Anderson announced that he would retire as Head Coach at Pittsburg State effective the end of the season.

Head coaching record

References

External links

Pittsburg State profileMissouri profile
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