AMES, Iowa – Former Iowa State head men’s basketball coach Glen Anderson, who compiled the third-most wins in school history (142) from 1960-71, died Friday evening at his home in Hot Springs, Ark. He was 79.
“Glen was a great friend and he gave me a chance to get into college coaching,” said Arnie Gaarde, a former Cyclone basketball star who was an assistant on Anderson’s
ISU staff from 1968-71. “He had an outstanding basketball mind and was well respected by the other Big Eight coaches.”
A native of Kansas, Anderson graduated from Colorado A&M in 1951 where he was a two-time all-conference basketball player. After serving time in the Marines and a couple of years in real estate, Anderson joined the Cyclones in 1955 as freshman coach on Hall of Fame coach Bill Strannigan’s staff.
Strannigan and Anderson helped turn
ISU’s fortunes in basketball around, as the Cyclones won the 1955 Big Seven Holiday Tournament title behind the superb play of
ISU All-American Gary Thompson. In the following season,
ISU defeated No. 1-ranked Kansas and peaked at No. 3 in the Associated Press poll, the highest ranking in school history.
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