Harold Anderson (basketball)

(Redirected from W. Harold Anderson) American basketball coach

Harold Anderson
Personal information
Anderson c. 1963
Born	(1902-09-11)September 11, 1902 Akron, Ohio, U.S.
Died	June 13, 1967(1967-06-13) (aged 64) Fort Lauderdale, Florida, U.S.
Career information
High school	Central (Akron, Ohio)
College	Otterbein (1921–1924)
Coaching career	1934–1963
Career history
As coach:
1934–1942	Toledo
1943–1963	Bowling Green

Career highlights and awards
7× NIT bids (1942, 1944–1946, 1948, 1949, 1954) 3× NCAA tournament bids (1959, 1962, 1963)


Basketball Hall of Fame
Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame

W. Harold Anderson (September 11, 1902 – June 13, 1967) was an American college men's basketball coach at Bowling Green State University and the University of Toledo. As a player, he played at Otterbein College, a small liberal arts college outside Columbus, Ohio. As a coach he was one of the first to win more than 500 games on the collegiate level. Anderson was inducted into the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame in 1985 and the College Basketball Hall of Fame in 2006.

Early life

Anderson was born September 11, 1902, in Akron, Ohio. He attended Akron Central High School, where he played football, baseball, basketball and ran track.

He then attended Otterbein College in Westerville, Ohio where he earned eleven athletic letters: three each in football, baseball and basketball and two in track.

Coaching career

Anderson began his career as a teacher and coach at Wauseon High School (Ohio) and Toledo Waite High School.

Andreson Coached at the University of Toledo from 1934 to 1942 and compiled a record of 142–41.

Anderson then coached at Bowling Green State University from 1943 to 1963, with a record of 362–185.

His career collegiate coaching record was 504–226.

After his retirement from coaching, Anderson continued to serve Bowling Green State University as the director of athletics.

While pioneering the run and gun, up-tempo style of play, he developed eleven (all of whom played in the NBA) All-America athletes, including Don Otten, Hall of Fame inductee Nate Thurmond and 1950 NBA draft No. 1 overall pick Chuck Share.

Honors

From 1960 to November 11, 2011, the Bowling Green Falcons played basketball in Anderson Arena, named in honor of their coach. The facility is still in use by other university sports.
Bowling Green State University Athletics Hall of Fame (1966)
Toledo Athletics Hall of Fame (1978)
Anderson was enshrined in the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame in 1985.
In 2006, Anderson was inducted into the College Basketball Hall of Fame.
Anderson is one of the charter inductees of the Ohio Basketball Hall of Fame (2006).

Head coaching record

Statistics overview
Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
Toledo Rockets (Independent) (1934–1942)
1934–35	Toledo	13–3
1935–36	Toledo	12–4
1936–37	Toledo	18–4
1937–38	Toledo	14–6
1938–39	Toledo	17–10
1939–40	Toledo	24–6
1940–41	Toledo	21–3
1941–42	Toledo	23–5			NIT Fourth Place
Toledo:		142–41
Bowling Green Falcons (Independent) (1942–1953)
1942–43	Bowling Green	18–5
1943–44	Bowling Green	22–4			NIT Quarterfinal
1944–45	Bowling Green	24–4			NIT Runner-up
1945–46	Bowling Green	27–5			NIT Quarterfinal
1946–47	Bowling Green	28–7
1947–48	Bowling Green	27–6			NIT Quarterfinal
1948–49	Bowling Green	24–7			NIT Third Place
1949–50	Bowling Green	19–11
1950–51	Bowling Green	10–4**(15–12)			George Muellich (5–8); Harold Anderson (10–4)
1951–52	Bowling Green	17–10
1952–53	Bowling Green	12–15
Bowling Green Falcons (Mid-American Conference) (1953–1963)
1953–54	Bowling Green	17–7	10–3	2nd	NIT Quarterfinal
1954–55	Bowling Green	6–16	5–9	T–5th
1955–56	Bowling Green	4–19	1–11	7th
1956–57	Bowling Green	14–9	7–5	T–3rd
1957–58	Bowling Green	15–8	6–6	4th
1958–59	Bowling Green	18–8	9–3	T–1st	NCAA University Division First Round
1959–60	Bowling Green	10–14	6–6	3rd
1960–61	Bowling Green	10–14	4–8	T–5th
1961–62	Bowling Green	21–4	11–1	1st	NCAA University Division First Round
1962–63	Bowling Green	19–8	9–3	1st	NCAA University Division Regional Fourth Place
Bowling Green:		362–185	68–55
Total:		504–226
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

^ "Harold Anderson (Hall of Fame Coach)". coachesdatabase.com.
^ "Harold Anderson Coaching Record". College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC.
^ "Harold Anderson (1966) – Hall of Fame". Bowling Green State University Athletics.
"BGSU announces Stroh Center debuts". The Toledo Blade. April 10, 2010. Archived from the original on February 4, 2013. Retrieved December 18, 2012.
"Harold Anderson (1978)". University of Toledo Athletics.
"Harold Anderson". The Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. Archived from the original on December 5, 2018. Retrieved January 20, 2019.
"W. Harold Anderson". College Basketball Hall of Fame.
"2006 Charter Class: Harold Anderson". Ohio Basketball Hall of Fame. Retrieved June 30, 2020.

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v t e Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame Class of 1985
Players	Al Cervi Nate Thurmond
Coaches	Harold Anderson Marv Harshman Bertha Teague Margaret Wade
Contributors	Senda Berenson Abbott

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Guards	R. Allen Archibald Barnett Beckman Belov Billups Bing Blazejowski Borgmann Braun Brennan Bryant Carter Cervi Cheeks Clayton Cooper-Dyke Cousy Dampier Davies Drexler Dumars Edwards Endacott Frazier Friedman Galis Gervin Ginóbili Goodrich Greer Grentz Guerin Hammon Hanson Hardaway Haynes Holman Hyatt Isaacs Iverson Jeannette Jenkins D. Johnson M. Johnson K. Jones S. Jones Jordan Kidd Lieberman Maravich Marcari Marčiulionis Martin McDermott McGrady D. McGuire Meyers R. Miller Moncrief Monroe Moore C. Murphy Nash Page Parker Payton Petrović Phillip Posey Richmond Robertson Rodgers Roosma J. Russell Schommer Scott Sedran Sharman K. Smith Staley Steinmetz Stockton Swoopes Thomas D. Thompson Timms Vandivier Wade Wanzer Weatherspoon West Westphal Whalen J. White Wilkens Woodard Wooden
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Centers	Abdul-Jabbar Barlow Beaty Bellamy Chamberlain T. Cooper Ćosić Cowens Crawford Daniels DeBernardi Divac Donovan Ewing Gallatin Gilmore Griffith Gruenig Harris-Stewart Houbregs Issel Jackson W. Johnson Johnston M. Krause Kurland Lanier Leslie Lovellette Lapchick Macauley Maciel M. Malone McAdoo Meneghin Mikan Mourning S. Murphy Mutombo Olajuwon O'Neal Parish Reed Risen Robinson B. Russell Sabonis Sampson Semjonova Sikma Thurmond Unseld Wachter Wallace Walton Washington Yao

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