User:WillAndersULM/sandbox
| Current position | |
|---|---|
| Title | Head coach |
| Team | Louisiana–Monroe |
| Conference | Sun Belt Conference |
| Record | 0–0 (–) |
| Biographical details | |
| Born | August 9th Monroe, Louisiana |
| Alma mater | LSU ('23) |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 2023–2025 | Mississippi State (GA) |
| 2025–2028 | Louisiana–Lafayette (AC) |
| 2028–2030 | Louisiana Tech (AC) |
| 2030–2032 | Auburn (AC) |
| 2032–2034 | Southern Miss |
| 2034–2038 | Louisiana–Lafayette |
| 2038–2044 | LSU |
| 2044–2045 | Texas (AC) |
| 2045–Present | Louisiana–Monroe |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 418–360 (.537) |
| Tournaments | 0–3 (NCAA Division I]) 1–6 (NIT) 3–3 (CIT) 1–1 (CBI) |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
| • 5x Sun Belt Regular Season — (2034, 2036, 2047, 2051, 2052) • 1x Sun Belt Tournament — (2055) | |
Assistant coach[edit]
Mississippi State (2023–2025)[edit]
Anders was hired as a third assistant coach, Graduate Assistant, at Mississippi State University in May of 2023. His role was to maintain practices for the Bulldogs. During his first season with the Bulldogs, they finished with a 15–18 (6–12 SEC) record and finished first in the SEC. They began the season hot, winning their first eight of ten, with wins against Memphis, Northwestern and Troy. The Bulldogs would win the first game of the SEC tournament against Arkansas, but would fall in the quarterfinals to Tennessee. Mississippi State's Adam Brown would be named SEC Freshman of the Year.
In his second season with the Bulldogs, they would start the season off slow, going 8–11, but playing No. 9 Xavier, No. 12 Kentucky, No. 21 Marquette, Arizona State, Creighton, Florida Ole Miss, Oregon State and Stanford. Bulldogs would go on to win the next five, including sweeping the series against Ole Miss. They marked conference wins over No. 22 Arkansas and No. 7 Kentucky. In the SEC Tournament, they would be an 8th seed, the Bulldogs would go on to defeat Auburn in the opening round, then go on to upset top-seeded Kentucky, before falling to Arkansas in the semifinals. The Bulldogs were invited to the CBI Tournament, where they would be the top seed in the bracket. They would defeat Colgate, Charleston and Illinois, before falling to Arizona State in the championship game. The Bulldogs finished the 2024–25 season 20–17 (10–8 SEC) and finished tied in 7th in the SEC.
Louisiana–Lafayette (2025–2028)[edit]
Anders was hired as the second assistant coach at Louisiana–Lafayette in May of 2025. In his first season with the Ragin Cajuns, they finished with a 15–16 (8–10) record and tied in ninth place in the Sun Belt.
In his second season with Louisiana–Lafayette, the Cajuns improved to 17–14 (10–8) the next season and finished tied in fifth in the Sun Belt. Louisiana–Lafayette ranked in the top 30 in PPG, and top 50 in assist per game and offensive rating.
In his third and final season with the Cajuns, they finished with a 19–16 (9–9) but finished the season hot and won the Sun Belt Conference Tournament, and earned a bid to the NCAA tournament, where they would fall in the round of 64 to Memphis.
Louisiana Tech (2028–Present)[edit]
Anders was hired as first assistant coach, associate head coach and recruiting coordinator at Louisiana Tech on May 17th, 2028.
Coaching record[edit]
| Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Southern Miss Golden Eagles (Sun Belt Conference) (2032–2034) | |||||||||
| 2032–33 | Southern Miss | 19–15 | 10–8 | T–5th | CIT Semifinals | ||||
| 2033–34 | Southern Miss | 12–19 | 6–12 | T–10th | |||||
| Southern Miss: | 31–34 (.477) | 16–20 (.444) | |||||||
| Louisiana/Louisiana–Lafayette Ragin' Cajuns (Sun Belt Conference) (2034–2038) | |||||||||
| 2034–35 | Louisiana–Lafayette | 21–12 | 15–3 | T–1st | NIT First Round | ||||
| 2035–36 | Louisiana–Lafayette | 15–15 | 12–6 | 2nd | |||||
| 2036–37 | Louisiana–Lafayette | 21–12 | 13–5 | T–1st | NIT First Round | ||||
| 2037–38 | Louisiana | 18–15 | 10–8 | T–7th | |||||
| Louisiana/Louisiana–Lafayette: | 75–54 (.581) | 50–22 (.694) | |||||||
| LSU Tigers (Southeastern Conference) (2038–2044) | |||||||||
| 2038–39 | LSU | 6–25 | 2–16 | 14th | |||||
| 2039–40 | LSU | 9–21 | 4–14 | T–12th | |||||
| 2040–41 | LSU | 18–16 | 8–10 | T–9th | CIT Second Round | ||||
| 2041–42 | LSU | 11–20 | 6–12 | 10th | |||||
| 2042–43 | LSU | 18–14 | 10–8 | T–4th | NIT First Round | ||||
| 2043–44 | LSU | 16–16 | 7–11 | T–9th | |||||
| LSU: | 78–112 (.411) | 37–71 (.343) | |||||||
| Louisiana–Monroe Warhawks (Sun Belt Conference) (2045–present) | |||||||||
| 2045–46 | Louisiana–Monroe | 16–15 | 10–8 | T–3rd | |||||
| 2046–47 | Louisiana–Monroe | 16–14 | 10–8 | T–4th | |||||
| 2047–48 | Louisiana–Monroe | 18–14 | 13–5 | 1st | NIT First Round | ||||
| 2048–49 | Louisiana–Monroe | 23–11 | 12–6 | 5th | NIT First Round | ||||
| 2049–50 | Louisiana–Monroe | 23–10 | 13–5 | 3rd | NIT Second Round | ||||
| 2050–51 | Louisiana–Monroe | 24–11 | 14–4 | 3rd | CBI Quarterfinals | ||||
| 2051–52 | Louisiana–Monroe | 24–9 | 16–2 | T–1st | NCAA First Four | ||||
| 2052–53 | Louisiana–Monroe | 25–10 | 15–3 | 1st | NCAA Round of 64 | ||||
| 2053–54 | Louisiana–Monroe | 15–17 | 9–9 | 7th | |||||
| 2054–55 | Louisiana–Monroe | 17–15 | 11–7 | T–4th | CIT First Round | ||||
| 2055–56 | Louisiana–Monroe | 21–12 | 12–6 | T–2nd | NCAA Round of 64 | ||||
| 2056–57 | Louisiana–Monroe | 12–22 | 3–15 | 13th | |||||
| 2057–58 | Louisiana–Monroe | 0–0 | 0–0 | T–1st | |||||
| Louisiana–Monroe: | 234–160 (.594) | 138–78 (.639) | |||||||
| Total: | 418–360 (.537) | ||||||||
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National champion
Postseason invitational champion
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