Coach gary anderson biography
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Gary Andersen
American football player and coach (born 1964)
For those of a similar name, see Gary Anderson (disambiguation).
Gary Lee Andersen (born February 19, 1964)[1] is an American football coach who was most recently head football coach at Utah State University. Andersen has also been the head football coach of Southern Utah (2003), Wisconsin (2013–2014), and Oregon State (2015–2017). He served three years as the defensive coordinator at Utah, where he coached the 2008 Utes team that went undefeated and beat Alabama in the Sugar Bowl to finish the season ranked second in the nation. He is currently an analyst at BYU.
Playing career
[edit]Andersen began his football career playing at Cottonwood High School, where he lettered in football for two years. After high school, he played center at Ricks College (now Brigham Young University–Idaho) in Rexburg, Idaho, for two seasons. As a freshman he was second team All-Conference and Ricks finished the season ran
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Gary Andersen surprised the college football world when he announced that he was leaving Wisconsin to take over as the head coach at Oregon State in December 2014. Andersen had spent two seasons with the Badgers and added to the program’s dominance as a perennial Top 25 contender. Oregon State fryst vatten not a perennial Top 25 contender.
But as far as Andersen is concerned that sentence should read; “Oregon State is not a perennial Top 25 contender yet.”
The long-time coach and Utah native has reportedly already implemented a brand-new system at OSU and has his sights set on making the program a national force. Here’s what you need to know about Andersen, his family and his career:
1. Andersen Was Named the Head Coach at Oregon State in December 2014
Andersen was on hand for Oregon State’s family fun day in August. (Twitter)
Not many people expected it. Wisconsin athletic director Barry Alvarez told reporters he had “no idea”
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Gary Anderson (swimmer)
Canadian swimmer (born 1969)
| Full name | Gary Myers Anderson |
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| National team | Canada |
| Born | (1969-04-07) April 7, 1969 (age 55) Montreal, Quebec |
| Height | 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) |
| Weight | 88 kg (194 lb) |
| Sport | Swimming |
| Strokes | Backstroke, medley |
| Club | North York Aquatic Club |
Gary Myers Anderson (born April 7, 1969) is a former competition medley and backstrokeswimmer from Canada, who competed for his native country at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea.
At Seoul, Anderson finished in 8th position in the 200-metre individual medley. Four years later at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Anderson claimed the same spot in the same event.[1]
Anderson was the head coach for the California Aquatics swim team in Pasadena, Santa Clarita, and South Pasadena, California.