Tevester Anderson (2021) - Hall of Fame - Murray State University Athletics

Tevester Anderson

Tevester Anderson - Basketball (1995-03)

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Assisted Mark Gottfried from 1995-98 winning three OVC regular season titles with a pair of NCAA appearances.
Became MSU head coach when introduced March 28, 1998 after Gottfried became head coach at Alabama.
Racer head coach from 1998-03, Coach T's Murray State teams won 103 games in five seasons including two OVC titles and two trips to the Big Dance.
Coached or recruited 11 players that won a combined 21 All-OVC awards and four OVC Player of the Year awards.
Anderson Coached Isaac Spencer and De’Teri Mayes who became Murray State Hall of Fame selections in 2014 and 2019.
Anderson led the Racers into the first game at the brand new Regional Special Events Center (Nov. 14, 1998) when the Racers defeated Southern Illinois 65-62.
Coached at Jackson State (2003-13) and won two SWAC titles and took JSU to one NCAA appearance.
Won more than 500 games as coach and a biology teacher from 1962-81 in Canton, Miss. And Atlanta High schools.
Spent four seasons as assistant to Auburn coach Sonny Smith (1982-86).
Spent nine seasons (1986-95) assisting coach Hugh Durham at Georgia.
Anderson is the eighth men’s basketball coach to be inducted into the MSU Hall. Following Carlisle Cutchin (1970), Harlan Hodges (1976), Cal Luther (1986), Rex Alexander (2000), Steve Newton (2010), Ron Greene (2016) and Billy Kennedy (2020).