John Anderson (college)

John Robert Anderson

• School Hibbing Community College, University of Minnesota
• High School Nashwauk-Keewatin High School

• Born May 16, 1955 in Hibbing, MN USA

Biographical Information

John Anderson was a pitcher at the University of Minnesota who was a teammate of Paul Molitor; an injury ended his playing career. He became a graduate assistant in 1978 under Dick Siebert. He became head coach at Minnesota in 1981; he was 26 years old, the youngest head coach in Big Ten Conference history.

Anderson managed Team USA to a Silver Medal in the 1993 Intercontinental Cup. It was the best US finish in the event between 1988 and the last Intercontinental Cup in 2010. He also had coached for them in the 1990 Baseball World Cup.

On May 12, 2002, Anderson won his 755th game, breaking Siebert's school record.

In 2008, Anderson was inducted into the American Baseball Coaches Association Hall of Fame, joining his mentor, Siebert.

Through 2009, Anderson holds the Big Ten record with 437 conference wins. He retired after the 2024 season, amassing over 1,300 wins.

Source: Minnesota bio

Year-by-Year Coaching Record

Year	School	Overall Record	Conference Record	Notes
1982	University of Minnesota	33-22-1	8-8	Big Ten / CWS Regionals
1983	University of Minnesota	27-21	12-2	Big Ten
1984	University of Minnesota	31-20	11-5	Big Ten
1985	University of Minnesota	33-23	9-7	Big Ten / CWS Regionals
1986	University of Minnesota	40-19	10-5	Big Ten
1987	University of Minnesota	36-25	12-4	Big Ten / CWS Regionals
1988	University of Minnesota	38-28	17-11	Big Ten / CWS Regionals
1989	University of Minnesota	31-22-1	15-12
1990	University of Minnesota	36-24-1	19-9	Big Ten
1991	University of Minnesota	37-27	18-10	Big Ten / CWS Regionals
1992	University of Minnesota	42-21	18-10	Big Ten / CWS Regionals
1993	University of Minnesota	43-18	17-9	Big Ten / CWS Regionals
1994	University of Minnesota	42-21	21-7	Big Ten / CWS Regionals
1995	University of Minnesota	31-28	16-12	Big Ten
1996	University of Minnesota	30-26	15-12
1997	University of Minnesota	30-24	15-10
1998	University of Minnesota	45-15	19-9	Big Ten / CWS Regionals
1999	University of Minnesota	46-18	21-7	Big Ten / CWS Regionals
2000	University of Minnesota	38-24	20-8	Big Ten / CWS Regionals
2001	University of Minnesota	39-21	19-8	Big Ten / CWS Regionals
2002	University of Minnesota	32-26	18-10	Big Ten
2003	University of Minnesota	40-22	24-6	Big Ten / CWS Regionals
2004	University of Minnesota	38-23	21-10	Big Ten / CWS Regionals
2005	University of Minnesota	33-29	17-15	Big Ten
2006	University of Minnesota	34-26	17-14	Big Ten
2007	University of Minnesota	41-18	18-9	Big Ten / CWS Regionals
2008	University of Minnesota	20-35	10-21
2009	University of Minnesota	40-19	17-6	Big Ten / CWS Regionals
2010	University of Minnesota	32-30	15-9	Big Ten / CWS Regionals
2011	University of Minnesota	25-24	13-11	Big Ten
2012	University of Minnesota	29-27	11-13
2013	University of Minnesota	32-22	13-8	Big Ten
2014	University of Minnesota	27-24	13-11	Big Ten
2015	University of Minnesota	21-30	9-15
2016	University of Minnesota	36-22	16-7	Big Ten / CWS Regionals
2017	University of Minnesota	36-21	15-8	Big Ten
2018	University of Minnesota	44-15	18-4	Big Ten / CWS Regionals / CWS Super Regionals
2019	University of Minnesota	29-27	15-9	Big Ten
2020	University of Minnesota	8-10	0-0
2021	University of Minnesota	5-31	5-31
2022	University of Minnesota	16-36	6-18
2023	University of Minnesota	18-34	10-14
2024	University of Minnesota	25-23	11-13

Related Sites

• John Anderson at the SABR Bio Project