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| Biographical details | |
|---|---|
| Born | (1930-12-10)December 10, 1930 Spokane, Washington, U.S. |
| Died | January 16, 2013(2013-01-16) (aged 82) Lewiston, Idaho, U.S. |
| Playing career | |
| 1949–1953 | Idaho (football,baseball) |
| Position(s) | Quarterback,Pitcher |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| Basketball | |
| 1957–1966 | Idaho (assistant) |
| 1966–1974 | Idaho |
| Baseball | |
| 1958–1966 | Idaho |
| Football | |
| 1957–1960 | Idaho (assistant) |
| Administrative career (AD unless noted) | |
| 1971–1974 | Idaho (assistant) |
| 1982–1994 | Idaho (assistant) |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 87–116 (.429) – basketball |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
| Big Sky: 1964, 1966 (baseball) | |
| Awards | |
| Big Sky: coach of the year – baseball: 1966[1] – basketball: 1968[2] | |
Wayne Delbert Anderson (December 10, 1930 – January 16, 2013) was an Americancollege basketball coach, thehead coach for eight seasons at theUniversity of Idaho, hisalma mater. He was also the headbaseball coach at Idaho for nine seasons, and the assistantathletic director for fifteenyears.[3]
Born and raised inSpokane, Washington, Anderson graduated fromRogers High School in 1949, where he was a multi-sport star for thePirates.[4][5] He enrolled at theUniversity of Idaho inMoscow, ninety miles (140 km) south, and was a two-sport athlete for theVandals, then a member of thePacific Coast Conference.
Anderson was the startingquarterback[6] and nationally rankedpunter[7] on thefootball team and a pitcher on thebaseball team[8] (and also played basketball as a freshman).[9] He was a member ofDelta Chifraternity,[10] and was elected class president as a senior.[11]
Following graduation in 1953, Anderson coached a year inRoseburg, Oregon, and then served two years in theU.S. Army.[12] He returned to the university in 1956 to run itsintramural program and work on hismaster's degree. In the summer of 1957, Anderson was promoted to assistant coach in basketball and football, and became the head baseball coach for the 1958 season, switching positions withClem Parberry.[12]
The baseball team won the inauguralBig Sky title in 1964,[13] and again in 1966, led by starting pitchersBill Stoneman andFrank Reberger. The 1966 team was 31–7 in the regular season and made theNCAAtournament for the first time;[14][15] the Vandals eliminatedColorado State College andAir Force with three straight victories on the road inGreeley, Colorado.[16] One step from theCollege World Series inOmaha, the Vandals fell3–2 and8–5 toArizona inTucson in theDistrict 7 finals, today's "super-regionals" (sweet 16).[17] Idaho finished the season at34–9 (.791) and Anderson was named Big Sky baseball coach ofthe year.[1][18]
That September, Anderson was promoted to head coach in basketball, and stopped coaching baseball.[19][20] While head baseball coach, he had been an assistant in basketball for eight years under the previous four head coaches. In his second season in 1968, he was named conference coach of the year.[2] In 1971, he took on additional duties as assistant athletic director.[21] After his eighth season as head basketball coach, Anderson resigned both positions in March 1974 and stopped coaching at age 43.[22][23] He returned to the university in 1982 as the assistant athletic director,[24] and stayed for another dozen years, retiring in December 1994.[25][26]
Anderson was inducted into the Idaho Athletic Hall of Fame[24][27] and the University of Idaho's Athletic Hall of Fame.[28]
After a battle with cancer, Anderson died at age 82 at St. Joseph Regional Medical Center inLewiston in early 2013.[3][29]
| Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Idaho Vandals(Big Sky Conference)(1966–1974) | |||||||||
| 1966–67 | Idaho | 13–10 | 5–5 | 3rd | |||||
| 1967–68 | Idaho | 15–11 | 9–6 | 2nd | |||||
| 1968–69 | Idaho | 11–15 | 6–9 | 3rd | |||||
| 1969–70 | Idaho | 10–15 | 6–9 | 4th | |||||
| 1970–71 | Idaho | 14–12 | 8–6 | 2nd | |||||
| 1971–72 | Idaho | 5–20 | 2–12 | 8th | |||||
| 1972–73 | Idaho | 7–19 | 3–11 | 7th | |||||
| 1973–74 | Idaho | 12–14 | 5–9 | 6th | |||||
| Idaho: | 87–116 | 44–67 | |||||||
| Total: | 87–116 | ||||||||