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Men's Basketball
- Title:
- Director of Player Development
Kevin Anderson joined Liberty's staff in 2018. Anderson serves as the Director of Player Development since 2020, as his role primarily focuses on player relationships and indivisualized plans for improvement. Anderson first came to Liberty in 2018 and spent two seasons as an assistant coach. From 2018-20, Liberty earned back-to-back ASUN Regular Season and Tournament titles incuding two NCAA Tournament appearances and advancing to the ROund of 32 in 2019.
Anderson came to Liberty from Campbell, where he spent the 2017-18 season working as the assistant director of basketball operations. While working at Campbell, Anderson's duties included breaking down film for games and practices while also building great relationships with the players. Anderson helped the Camels post back-to-back winning seasons for the first time in school history while making the postseason in both of his seasons on staff.
Anderson is a familiar face in the state of Virginia as he played his collegiate ball at Richmond and was inducted into the Richmond Athletics Hall of Fame in 2018. At Richmond, Anderson was the Atlantic 10 Rookie of the Year in 2008 and went on to earn A-10 Player of the Year and conference tournament MVP honors in 2011, when he led the Spiders to the league title and to a berth in the NCAA Tournament Sweet Sixteen. He was a two-time Associated Press honorable mention All-American.
The former All-American will brings a player's perspective on the bench as he embarked on a professional career that included stops in France, Greece, Italy, Turkey, Luxembourg, Cyprus and Poland after his career at Richmond. Anderson played with the NBA D-League's Canton Charge in 2012, was invited to the Cleveland Cavaliers training camp in 2012 and also was a member of the Orlando Magic summer league team.
