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University of Minnesota Athletics
Anderson Agrees to Contract Extension
3/4/2016 12:00:00 AM | Baseball
March 4, 2016 
Interim director of athletics Beth Goetz announced today that the University of Minnesota has agreed to terms on a contract extension with head baseball coach John Anderson through the 2021 season.
"We are excited that Coach Anderson has agreed to another long-term contract," said Goetz. "John is a well-respected and natural leader of young men. I look forward to our team's continued success in the classroom and on the field under Coach Anderson."
Anderson, who is in his 34th year as Minnesota's head coach, is the winningest baseball coach in the Big Ten with a 1,177-804-3 overall record and a 528-323 record against conference opponents. Inducted into the American Baseball Coaches Association in 2008, Anderson has been named the Big Ten Coach of the Year six times, most recently in 2010. Under Anderson's guidance since 1982, the Gopher baseball team has made 17 NCAA tournament appearances, won nine Big Ten Tournament titles and nine first-place Big Ten regular season crowns (four in divisional play and five in non-divisional play).
Minnesota most recently won Big Ten regular season and tournament titles in 2010. That year, Anderson was named the Big Ten Coach of the Year and Mideast Coach of the Year as the Gophers played in the NCAA Tournament.
"I'm grateful for the opportunity to continue to lead the tradition-rich Golden Gopher Baseball Program at the University of Minnesota," said Anderson. "I look forward to continuing the mentoring of our student-athletes so they can become champions both on and off the field."
"We are excited that Coach Anderson has agreed to another long-term contract," said Goetz. "John is a well-respected and natural leader of young men. I look forward to our team's continued success in the classroom and on the field under Coach Anderson."
Anderson, who is in his 34th year as Minnesota's head coach, is the winningest baseball coach in the Big Ten with a 1,177-804-3 overall record and a 528-323 record against conference opponents. Inducted into the American Baseball Coaches Association in 2008, Anderson has been named the Big Ten Coach of the Year six times, most recently in 2010. Under Anderson's guidance since 1982, the Gopher baseball team has made 17 NCAA tournament appearances, won nine Big Ten Tournament titles and nine first-place Big Ten regular season crowns (four in divisional play and five in non-divisional play).
Minnesota most recently won Big Ten regular season and tournament titles in 2010. That year, Anderson was named the Big Ten Coach of the Year and Mideast Coach of the Year as the Gophers played in the NCAA Tournament.
"I'm grateful for the opportunity to continue to lead the tradition-rich Golden Gopher Baseball Program at the University of Minnesota," said Anderson. "I look forward to continuing the mentoring of our student-athletes so they can become champions both on and off the field."
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