Tevester Anderson

Tevester Anderson (born February 25, 1937) is a retired American college basketball coach and former men's basketball head coach at Jackson State University^[1] and Murray State University.^[2][3] He is a native of Canton, Mississippi.^[4]

Tevester Anderson

Biographical details
Born	(1937-02-25) February 25, 1937 (age 88)
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1962–1971	Canton HS
1971–1980	West Fulton HS
1980–1981	Towers HS
1982–1986	Auburn (asst.)
1987–1995	Georgia (assoc.)
1995–1998	Murray State (assoc.)
1998–2003	Murray State
2003–2013	Jackson State
Head coaching record
Overall	250–222 (.530)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
SWAC tournament championship (2007) OVC tournament championship (1999, 2002) OVC Regular Season Championship (1999, 2000)
Awards
OVC Coach Of The Year (1999)

Anderson earned his bachelor's degree in pre-medicine from Arkansas AM&N University (now University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff) in 1962^[4] and, in 1971, earned his master's degree in biological science from North Carolina A&T State University.^[4] He began his coaching career at Canton High School, where he served as head basketball coach; he also taught biology.^[4]

Head coaching record

Statistics overview

Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
Murray State Racers (Ohio Valley Conference) (1998–2003)
1998–99	Murray State	27–6	16–2	1st	NCAA First Round
1999–00	Murray State	23–9	14–4	T–1st
2000–01	Murray State	17–12	11–5	2nd
2001–02	Murray State	17–13	10–6	3rd	NCAA First Round
2002–03	Murray State	17–12	9–7	5th
Murray State:		101–52 (.660)	60–24 (.714)
Jackson State Tigers (Southwestern Athletic Conference) (2003–present)
2003–04	Jackson State	12–17	9–9	T–4th
2004–05	Jackson State	15–17	10–8	T–5th
2005–06	Jackson State	15–17	10–8	T–4th
2006–07	Jackson State	21–14	12–6	2nd	NCAA First Round
2007–08	Jackson State	14–20	10–8	4th
2008–09	Jackson State	18–15	15–3	2nd
2009–10	Jackson State	19–13	17–1	1st	NIT First Round
2010–11	Jackson State	17–15	12–6	T–2nd
2011–12	Jackson State	7–24	5–13	T–8th
2012–13	Jackson State	11–18	9-9	4th
Jackson State:		149–170 (.467)	109–67 (.619)
Total:		250–222 (.530)
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