Eastern Washington University Athletics

Anderson enters his 2nd season in 2023 as Associate Head Coach and 9th overall at Eastern. A two-time Eagle grad — earning his bachelor’s and master’s degrees in Cheney — he originally started with the program as a student assistant.

Over the last two seasons, Eagle tight ends have combined to bring down 64 catches for 715 yards and 12 touchdowns, highlighted by the duo of Blake Gobel and Dylan Ingram scoring 4 TDs each in 2022.

Anderson provides a variety of administrative support services for head coach Aaron Best and the program, including recruiting, budget, staffing organization/hiring, head coach media obligations and other duties. Eastern’s recruiting class in 2019 was ranked No. 1 in the Big Sky and No. 2 in FCS. Anderson also assists with roster management, coordinating team meals and camps, but now on lesser scale with the addition of his tight ends coaching duties.

After assisting the program for nearly three seasons as a student intern, he was hired as a student operations assistant and video coordinator in 2014. Anderson took on more responsibility in 2016, when he was promoted to Director of Football Operations. He added recruiting coordinator duties in 2020 and was named Associate Head Coach in 2022.

He earned a Bachelor of Arts and Education in English in 2014 and a Master of Arts degree in English in 2016.