Coaching Staff
Ryan Anderson
Head Coach
Office: (660) 562-1783
E-mail: nwsball@nwmissouri.edu
Ryan Anderson has been the head coach of Northwest Missouri State’s softball program since 2007. His 96 victories in four seasons are fourth-most in program history. The Bearcats have won at least 25 games three times, made three MIAA tournament appearances and earned an NCAA tournament bid with Anderson at the helm.
The 2010 campaign was highlighted by an eight-game win streak during which the Bearcats averaged more than 10 runs per game. The season was capped by junior Dacey Hassey being named the program’s second All-American. Hassey and senior Erin Leslie earned first-team All-MIAA honors giving Anderson his first two-time All-MIAA star in Leslie and his fifth Bearcat to earn all-league awards in Hassey.
Northwest placed second and third in the MIAA standings during Anderson’s first two seasons with the program. The 2008 squad finished 32-22, made the program’s fourth NCAA tournament appearance and picked up its third postseason win, defeating Central Missouri 1-0. The Bearcats enjoyed three winning streaks of six games or more and tied for the league lead in runs per game (5.2).
The team’s 32 wins in 2008 are the fourth-most in program history. Northwest has enjoyed four 30-win seasons in the last eight years.
Prior to his arrival in Maryville, Anderson enjoyed tremendous success at the University of Missouri-Rolla, leading the Lady Miners to a 107-49 record – the best three-season stretch in program history. Anderson’s teams broke more than 20 records and achieved the school’s first recognition in nationwide rankings.
Anderson led Rolla to a program-record 41 wins in 2004. The Lady Miners finished second in the regular season race and third in the MIAA Tournament. The team also had the MIAA’s most valuable player in pitcher Christy Daken, the first of four all-region players who performed for the Lady Miners under Anderson’s tutelage. That record-setting season was followed by a 33-25 campaign in 2005 and a mark of 33-10 in 2006, Rolla’s first season as a member of the Great Lakes Valley Conference (GLVC).
Prior to Rolla, Anderson was the head softball coach for the University of Minnesota-Crookston in 2003 when he led the team to a school record for conference wins in a season.
A native of Colby, Kan., Anderson received his bachelor’s degree in sports administration with a minor in business administration from the University of Nebraska-Kearney in 1999. He spent three years as an assistant softball coach at Kearney upon graduation. During that time, he also served as marketing and promotions assistant for the athletics department.
Anderson and his wife, Ashley, reside in Maryville with their sons Owen and Eli.
