Eastern Washington University Athletics

Anderson takes over the offensive coordinator job after being promoted by head coach Aaron Best in January of 2025. He is also entering his 4th season for 2025 as Associate Head Coach and 11th overall at Eastern. A two-time Eagle grad — earning his bachelor’s and master’s degrees in Cheney — he originally started with the program as a student assistant.

Over three seasons, Eagle tight ends have combined to bring down 102 catches for 816 yards and 14 touchdowns, highlighted by the duo of Blake Gobel and Dylan Ingram scoring 4 TDs each in 2022.

In the 2024 season, the tight ends racked up a combined 146 receiving yards and two touchdowns with a high average of 6.58 yards a game. Austin York hauled in a 41-yard reception for a tight end season high. Under Anderson’s guidance, York contributed with 79 yards to lead the tight end room.

Anderson provides a variety of administrative support services for head coach Aaron Best and the program, including recruiting, budget, staffing organization/hiring, head coach media obligations and other duties. Eastern’s recruiting class in 2019 was ranked No. 1 in the Big Sky and No. 2 in FCS. Anderson also assists with roster management, coordinating team meals and camps, but now on lesser scale with the addition of his tight ends coaching duties.

After assisting the program for nearly three seasons as a student intern, he was hired as a student operations assistant and video coordinator in 2014. Anderson took on more responsibility in 2016, when he was promoted to Director of Football Operations. He added recruiting coordinator duties in 2020 and was named Associate Head Coach in 2022.

He earned a Bachelor of Arts and Education in English in 2014 and a Master of Arts degree in English in 2016.