Kim Anderson to Mizzou OFFICIAL

[popcornhog]

http://www.kansascity.com/2014/04/22/4974561/former-player-says-kim-anderson.html

I'm seeing this all over Facebook/twitter up here in KC.

[Porkatarian]

Would be a great hire, IMHO.

Porkatarian out...

[The_Iceman]

Would be a great hire, IMHO.

Porkatarian out...

For us?

[nextlevel]

http://www.kansascity.com/2014/04/22/4974561/former-player-says-kim-anderson.html

I'm seeing this all over Facebook/twitter up here in KC.

Their AD is threatening Kim in an effort to secure the funding needed to get Marshall.

Their AD is able to pay 2.5m right now, he needs to secure the difference from boosters to pay 3.2m to Marshall. The other things being asked for is more money for coaches, increases recruiting budget, some small upgrades in facilities.

One other condition was that GM be allowed to run his program his way without having to go to the AD for player approvals and other small things.

[#1 STUNNA]

Anderson is a great coach. He has done very well at central Missouri and is a very good x's and O kind of coach.

[Inhogswetrust]

Their AD is threatening Kim in an effort to secure the funding needed to get Marshall.

Their AD is able to pay 2.5m right now, he needs to secure the difference from boosters to pay 3.2m to Marshall. The other things being asked for is more money for coaches, increases recruiting budget, some small upgrades in facilities.

One other condition was that GM be allowed to run his program his way without having to go to the AD for player approvals and other small things.

You must have a former BOT member as a source...............................

[popcornhog]

Anderson is a great coach. He has done very well at central Missouri and is a very good x's and O kind of coach.

Yeah, it would obviously be a big gamble though. The guy's head coaching success has all been at lower levels of college hoops. He has been good though.

This would be a similar gamble to hiring Malzahn out of high school -- possible homerun but hard to tell. The difference is that this guy's kind of old for this type of move.

[nextlevel]

Yeah, it would obviously be a big gamble though. The guy's head coaching success has all been at lower levels of college hoops. He has been good though.

This would be a similar gamble to hiring Malzahn out of high school -- possible homerun but hard to tell. The difference is that this guy's kind of old for this type of move.

He was on Norm Stewart's bench for years.

[LRrazorback]

Don't recognize her.

[Inhogswetrust]

Yeah, it would obviously be a big gamble though. The guy's head coaching success has all been at lower levels of college hoops. He has been good though.

This would be a similar gamble to hiring Malzahn out of high school -- possible homerun but hard to tell. The difference is that this guy's kind of old for this type of move.

Sounds as familiar as a LOT of coaches.

[The Boar War]

So Mizzou is fine with head coaches returning to take a job where they were long time assistants?

[azhog10]

It almost has a Mike Anderson feel to it. He was an assisstant under a long time successful coach. Didn't get the head job, he bounced around (obviously he bounced around as an assisstant and then a D2 Coach instead of going straight to D1 as a head coach like MA did) showed he can be successful as a head coach, and now is getting looked at to come back to his "home".

[Inhogswetrust]

So Mizzou is fine with head coaches returning to take a job where they were long time assistants?

Nice touch. I hadn't though about that. I wonder if anyone found out if that reporter went to the Tulsa PC?

[popcornhog]

He was on Norm Stewart's bench for years.

True but no head coaching experience beyond DII.

[Paul]

solid but not spectacular hire

[SpaCityHawg]

solid but not spectacular hire

Has he been hired? ESPN has a small note saying they may be interested in Tim Floyd.

[popcornhog]

Has he been hired? ESPN has a small note saying they may be interested in Tim Floyd.

No hire has been made.

[Johnboy]

Don't recognize her.

LMAO!  Well played.

[The_Iceman]

Has he been hired? ESPN has a small note saying they may be interested in Tim Floyd.

From one cheater to the next it seems. He hasn't had UTEP in any type of postseason for the last 3 seasons.

[The Hogfather]

Don't recognize her.

Mike's sister.

[nextlevel]

From one cheater to the next it seems. He hasn't had UTEP in any type of postseason for the last 3 seasons.

Floyd isn't in the running.

Their AD is apparently in Atlanta, supposedly meeting with Solomon Sports Management...

[popcornhog]

Local news KCTV5 in Kansas City is reporting Anderson has been offered the job.

[HOGINTENNESSEE]

Local news KCTV5 in Kansas City is reporting Anderson has been offered the job.

I think it is a good hire for them. At least he won't look for another job if it comes calling.

[rzrbackramsfan]

GREAT hire for us.

[popcornhog]

GREAT hire for us.

Who knows? Definitely a gamble for Mizzou but he has been very successful at the DII level.

Will it translate? Nobody knows. Too big of a gamble, IMHO, on their end but it could pan out.

[rzrbackramsfan]

Yea, I don't think he can recruit better than mike anderson... That may have opened up kc and St. Louis for us

[JusJim]

An offer has been made to "someone".  At this time Kim Anderson isn't the new coach at MU.  I posted a thread a few weeks ago when Central Missouri won the D2 Championship.  I went to School with Kim.  My comment is not firsthand, but is about as close to being firsthand as any can be.

[nextlevel]

An offer has been made to "someone".  At this time Kim Anderson isn't the new coach at MU.  I posted a thread a few weeks ago when Central Missouri won the D2 Championship.  I went to School with Kim.  My comment is not firsthand, but is about as close to being firsthand as any can be.

An offer is on the table for Gregg Marshall.

Many had Howland being the back up plan with Anderson third.

[rzrbackramsfan]

Accept it Marshall, we'll show you what's up in a real conference.

[RoyInSpringdale/MizzouFan]

I was hoping Howland or Marshall, but would be happy with Anderson. 

[SPAL]

I thought they thought they hired Jay Wright. What do I know tho

[Break & Run]

I thought they thought they hired Jay Wright. What do I know tho

Wright had no interest, said he is perfectly happy at Nova.

[Hawg Red]

Done deal.

[BR]

Keith Kim Anderson (born May 12, 1955) Anderson is the coach of the University of Central Missouri Mules. He has led the team to back-to-back MIAA championships and three appearances in the NCAA Division II Final Four in 2007, 2009 and winning the championship in 2014. He led the Mules to the NCAA Men's Division II Basketball Championship in 2014 by defeating West Liberty 84-77.[1] He played collegiately for the University of Missouri.

Born in in Sedalia, Missouri, he was selected by the Portland Trail Blazers in the 2nd round (28th pick overall) of the 1977 NBA Draft and by the Milwaukee Bucks in the 7th round (146th pick overall) of the 1978 NBA Draft.

He played for the Trail Blazers (1978–79) in the NBA for 21 games.[2]

He also was a court coach for Team USA during the Pan American Games Team Trials.

On April 28th,2014 is was announced he would take over for Frank Haith at the University of Missouri, his alma mater.

[Hogfly]

The Mizzou fans I know from a Chiefs board (admittedly, they're a pretty cynical, explosive bunch) are going to freak. They've been clamoring for the firing of Alden for a while, and absolutely see this hire as a dismal failure.

[BR]

Here's how you blow $42,500 and have nothing to show for it. That is what MU paid the search firm...

[Slater]

Great coach! Great hire for Mizzou 

[The_Iceman]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kim_Anderson_%28basketball%29

[Filthy_McSwine]

Here's how you blow $42,500 and have nothing to show for it. That is what MU paid the search firm...

If I'm not mistaken, we paid a search firm to hire John "Hayseed" Pelphrey.

[MikePiazza]

I think he's a decent hire, but he's not as good of a hire as some people are making him out to be.

High-level DI (yes, even in the SEC) is a completely different beast from DII. He's gonna wish he'd gotten his feet wet first.

[JusJim]

Kim was offered the job either Friday night or Saturday.  The board just had to approve of things before it went forward.  I think a couple of posters may have mistaken my comment on Saturday to mean an offer had been made to "someone else".  Kim had already been offered at the time of the posting, although the formalities had to be ironed out.  I just was not at liberty to state as a fact that Kim had been offered the job.

[popcornhog]

Some didn't believe it would happen, but it did. Very hard to predict how this will pan out, but I am surprised that they weren't able to lure in a bigger name. That said, Kim has clearly been successful at the DII level.

http://m.espn.go.com/ncb/story?storyId=10853001

Anderson led Central Missouri (30-5) to the 2014 Division II championship with a team that had 10 new players and only one returning player who averaged more than 4.7 points per game the previous season. The national title was the first for the Mules since 1984.

Anderson, 58, has been an assistant for Norm Stewart at Missouri and also at Baylor but has never been a head coach in Division I.

He played at Missouri from 1974 to 1977. He has been coach at Central Missouri for 12 years and won five conference titles and advanced to three Division II Final Fours.

"We are pleased and excited to have Kim Anderson leading our program," Missouri athletic director Mike Alden said in a statement. "He's a man of great character, integrity and respect. He has demonstrated the ability to mentor young men on and off the court, academically and socially. He's a proven winner on all levels, and he's built tremendous relationships around the country in the basketball community, which assists greatly with recruiting and other important aspects for a program.

[Hawg Red]

Early indications are that Tim Fuller will stay on for Anderson's staff. Huge for K. Anderson.

[alwaysondbigscreen]

maybe they thought it was mikes little brother?
were mo. woo hoo we got and anderson too

[donkey]

This is a good hire for them.  They needed someone to be a Mizzou guy and they got one.

[FaytownHog]

Kim was offered the job either Friday night or Saturday.  The board just had to approve of things before it went forward.  I think a couple of posters may have mistaken my comment on Saturday to mean an offer had been made to "someone else".  Kim had already been offered at the time of the posting, although the formalities had to be ironed out.  I just was not at liberty to state as a fact that Kim had been offered the job.

You're on a Hog message board under a fake name. You're not doing investigative journalism for a newspaper. You're pretty much at liberty to say anything you want as long as it doesn't break the board rules. We know everyone wants to feel like they're the most "in the know" person on here. It's ok.

[WilsonHog]

The Mizzou basketball community is pretty divided over it.

[The real Hogules]

The Mizzou basketball community is pretty divided over it.

Personally, I think that this is a hire that most Razorback fans can get behind!

[The_Iceman]

Personally, I think that this is a hire that most Razorback fans can get behind!

Lol, agreed.

[JusJim]

You're on a Hog message board under a fake name. You're not doing investigative journalism for a newspaper. You're pretty much at liberty to say anything you want as long as it doesn't break the board rules. We know everyone wants to feel like they're the most "in the know" person on here. It's ok.

Say what you want.  Went to School with Kim.  Not a close friend of his, but do have several mutual friends.  Kim and his wife had dinner with a mutual friend on Saturday Night.  If I was really worried about proving that I knew everything that was going on, I would of blurted it all out there.