Harold Anderson (basketball)

W. Harold Anderson (September 11, 1902, Akron, Ohio – June 13, 1967) was a 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. While pioneering the run and gun, up-tempo style of play, he developed a host of All-America athletes, the most prominent being Nate Thurmond.

From 1960 to November 11, 2011, the Bowling Green Falcons played basketball in Anderson Arena, named in honor of their coach. Anderson was enshrined in the Basketball Hall of Fame in 1985. He is one of the charter inductees of the Ohio Basketball Hall of Fame.

Head coaching record

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 Semifinals/Nit 4th Place
Toledo:		142-41
Bowling Green Falcons (1942-1953 Independent,1953-1963 MAC) (1942–1963)
1942–43	Bowling Green	18-5
1943–44	Bowling Green	22-4			NIT Quarterfinals
1944–45	Bowling Green	24-4			NIT Runner Up
1945–46	Bowling Green	27-5			NIT Quarterfinals
1946–47	Bowling Green	28-7
1947–48	Bowling Green	27-6			NIT Quarterfinals
1948–49	Bowling Green	24-7			NIT Semifinals/NIT 3rd Place
1949–50	Bowling Green	19-11
1950–51	Bowling Green	15-12
1951–52	Bowling Green	17-10
1952–53	Bowling Green	12-15
1953–54	Bowling Green	17-7	10-3	2nd	NIT Quarterfinals
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 1st 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 1st Round
1962–63	Bowling Green	19-8	9-3	1st	NCAA 2nd Round
Bowling Green:		367-195	68-55
Total:		509-236
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

External links

• Basketball Hall of Fame profile