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Mike Anderson
Current position
TitleAssistant Coach
TeamUniversity of Oklahoma
ConferenceBig 12[1]
Biographical details
Born (1965-06-08) June 8, 1965 (age 59)
Playing career
1983-86Northern Colorado
1986-89California Angels organization
Position(s)Outfielder
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1989-94American Legion
1991-94Northern Colorado Lab School
1992-93Northern Colorado (Asst.)
1994Nebraska (Asst.)
1995-2002Nebraska (Asst.)
2003-2011Nebraska
2012-2013Regis Jesuit High School
2013-Oklahoma (Asst.)
Head coaching record
Overall333-187-1 (.639)
TournamentsBig 12: 13-10
NCAA: 12-10
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
Big 12 Conference (2003, 2005)
Big 12 Conference Tournament (2005)
Awards
Big 12 Coach of the Year (2003, 2005)

Mike Anderson (born June 8, 1965) was the head baseball coach at Nebraska from 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 - the best in school history - 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. Anderson played baseball at Northern Colorado from 1983 to 1986.

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.[2]

Head coaching record

Statistics overview
Season Team Overall Conference Standing Postseason
Nebraska Cornhuskers (Big 12 Conference) (2003–present)
2003 Nebraska 47-18 20-7 1st Lincoln Regional
2004 Nebraska 36-23 11-16 8th
2005 Nebraska 57-15 19-8 1st College World Series
2006 Nebraska 42-17 17-10 4th Lincoln Regional
2007 Nebraska 32-27 14-13 4th Tempe Regional
2008 Nebraska 41-16-1 17-9-1 3rd Lincoln Regional
2009 Nebraska 25-28-1 8-19 10th
2010 Nebraska 27-27 10-17 9th
2011 Nebraska 30-25 9-17 9th
Nebraska: 337-196-2 125-116-1
Total:

      National champion         Postseason invitational champion  
      Conference regular season champion         Conference regular season and conference tournament champion
      Division regular season champion       Division regular season and conference tournament champion
      Conference tournament champion

References