Xavier University Athletics
Men's Basketball
- Title:
- Assistant Coach and Director of Player Development
- Email:
- andersonr19@xavier.edu
- Phone:
- 513.745.3417
- Instagram:
- @thecoachanderson
Ryan Anderson joined Sean Miller’s staff as Director of Recruiting in 2022 and was promoted to Assistant Coach and Director of Player Development in 2023. Anderson, a former First Team All-Pac-12 standout at Arizona, spent the 2021-22 season as a graduate manager for the Wildcats.
“Ryan Anderson is one of two players that I have coached that averaged a ‘double-double’ in a season,” said Miller. “He was an excellent college basketball player because of his intelligence and unselfish ways.
“Ryan has a great understanding of scouting, game preparation and the know how to develop underclass recruiting. He is a significant part of all these aspects of our program here at Xavier. I am excited about Ryan mentoring our Xavier players on an everyday basis.”
After playing his first three seasons of college basketball at Boston College, Anderson transferred to Arizona for the 2014-15 and 2015-16 seasons. He sat out the 2014-15 season as a transfer but in his senior season, he garnered First Team All-Pac-12 Conference and First Team NABC and USBWA All-District honors. He was a finalist for the Karl Malone Award and averaged 15.3 points and 10.1 rebounds per game, becoming the first Wildcat since Jordan Hill in 2008-09 to average a double-double for an entire season. Since Anderson, the only other Wildcat to do it was Deandre Ayton, who is now playing for the Phoenix Suns.
Following his collegiate career, Anderson played professionally in Belgium, Germany, Ukraine, Lithuania and the G-League.
At Boston College, he earned ACC All-Freshman Team honors as well as Third Team All-ACC and Honorable Mention All-ACC. During his junior seasons (2013-14), he averaged 14.3 points, 7.3 rebounds and 1.4 assists while registering five double-doubles.
He played his high school basketball at Long Beach Poly and was the No. 93 overall prospect in the country and was named California Mr. Basketball in 2011.
Anderson, who is from Long Beach, Calif., earned his bachelor’s degree in Human and Social Behavioral Studies from Arizona in 2016.
