Mike Anderson wins national coaching award
Mizzou men’s basketball coach Mike Anderson has been named Co-Coach of the Year by the National Association of Basketball Coaches. Anderson led the Tigers to a school-record 31 wins, a perfect home record, a Big 12 Conference tournament title and a trip to the Elite Eight of the NCAA Tournament - the farthest a Mizzou men’s basketball team has ever advanced.
Mizzou was picked to finish seventh in the Big 12 in the preseason poll but finished the season ranked No. 8 nationally in the ESPN/USA Today Coaches Poll. The 15-win improvement from last season’s 16-16 record was the largest in Mizzou history, and the award from the NABC was the first coaching award to go to Mizzou since Norm Stewart won the Associated Press Coach of the Year honor in 1994.
Anderson split the award with former Memphis and current Kentucky coach John Calipari. Calipari’s Tigers finished the season 33-4 but lost to Mizzou in the Sweet 16.
Go MIZZOU!!
Gary Reed | April 8, 2009
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