Mike Anderson (baseball coach) explained

Mike Anderson
Current Title:Head coach
Current Team:Northern Colorado
Current Conference:Summit League
Current Record:27–71–1
Birth Date:8 June 1965
Birth Place:Brighton, Colorado, U.S.
Player Years1:1983–1986
Player Team1:Northern Colorado
Player Years2:1986–1989
Player Team2:California Angels organization
Player Positions:Outfielder
Coach Years1:1989–1994
Coach Team1:American Legion
Coach Years2:1991–1994
Coach Team2:Northern Colorado Lab School
Coach Team3:Toronto Blue Jays (Scout)
Coach Years4:1992–1993
Coach Team4:Northern Colorado (Asst.)
Coach Years5:1994
Coach Team5:Nebraska (Asst.)
Coach Years6:1995–2002
Coach Team6:Nebraska (Asst.)
Coach Years7:2003–2011
Coach Team7:Nebraska
Coach Years8:2012–2013
Coach Team8:Regis Jesuit High School
Coach Years9:2014–2017
Coach Team9:Oklahoma (Asst.)
Coach Years10:2023–present
Coach Team10:Northern Colorado
Overall Record:364–267–3
Tournament Record:NCAA: 12–10
Championships:Big 12 Conference (2003, 2005)
Big 12 Conference tournament (2005)
Awards:Big 12 Coach of the Year (2003, 2005)

Michael Anderson (born June 8, 1965) is an American baseball coach and former outfielder, who is the current head baseball coach of the Northern Colorado Bears. He played college baseball at Northern Colorado from 1983 to 1986. He played in Minor League Baseball (MiLB) for 4 seasons from 1986 to 1989. He served as the head coach of the Nebraska Cornhuskers (2003–2011).

In his first five seasons as the head coach, he compiled a 214–100 record. His greatest success came in 2005, when he guided Nebraska to a 57–15 record, while also taking the school to its first-ever College World Series win. The team finished with a school record national ranking of 5th, and it set a school record for highest national seed in the NCAA Division I Baseball Championship tournament (3rd). Anderson won Big 12 coach of the Year honors in 2003 and 2005, and in both seasons his team won the Big 12 conference title. The 2003 Big 12 championship made Anderson only the second Nebraska baseball coach since 1929 to win a conference title in his first season. In 2006, his team earned only the school's third-ever national seed (6th). He previously had served as an assistant with Nebraska from 1995 to 2002, a period when the school's baseball program began having success, most notably being the Huskers' first College World Series appearances in 2001 and 2002

Coaching career

On May 22, 2011, Anderson was fired by Nebraska Athletic Director Tom Osborne.

On July 2, 2013, after a brief stint coaching Regis Jesuit High School in Aurora, Colorado, Anderson accepted an assistant coaching job for the Oklahoma Sooners to join Pete Hughes as hitting coach.[1]

On June 23, 2022, Anderson was named the head coach at Northern Colorado.[2]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Mike Anderson leaves Regis Jesuit High baseball for Oklahoma Sooners. 2 July 2013.
  2. Web site: Former Nebraska baseball coach Mike Anderson hired at Northern Colorado . Evan Bland . June 23, 2022 . Lincoln Journal Star . www.journalstar.com . June 23, 2022.