Forrest "Forddy" Anderson

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Gary, IN

One of only 10 coaches to take two different teams to the Final Four
Reached NCAA Tournament Final Four three times--1950 (2nd with Bradley), 1954 (2nd with Bradley) and 1957 (4th with Michigan State)
Led Bradley to fourth-place finish in 1949 NIT and second-place finish in 1950 NIT
Assistant coach under Everett Dean at Stanford while completing work for his college degree following World War II. Two-year letterman under Dean
Final Top 20 Rankings (seven: AP/UPI)--1949 (7), 1950 (1), 1951 (6/6), 1954 (7/NR), 1957 (11/7), 1958 (17/19) and 1959 (7/3)
All-Americans (six): Bradley's Bob Carney (1954), Gene Melchiorre (1950 and 1951) and Paul Unruh (1949 and 1950) and Michigan State's Johnny Green (1958 and 1959), Julius McCoy (1956) and Horace Walker (1960).

Record:

Season	School	Overall	League	Finish	Conference (Division)	Postseason (Record)
1946-47	Drake	18-11	8-4	T-2nd	MVC	DNP
1947-48	Drake	14-12	5-5	3rd	MVC	DNP
1948-49	Bradley	27-8	6-4	3rd	MVC	NIT (2-2)
1949-50	Bradley	32-5	11-1	1st (MVC) NCAA		/NIT (2-1)
1950-51	Bradley	32-6	11-3	T-2nd	MVC	DNP
1951-52	Bradley	17-12				DNP
1952-53	Bradley	15-12				Probation
1953-54	Bradley	19-13				NCAA (4-1)
1954-55	Michigan State	13-9	8-6	4th	Big Ten	DNP
1955-56	Michigan State	13-9	7-7	5th	Big Ten	DNP
1956-57	Michigan State	16-10	10-4	T-1st	Big Ten	NCAA (2-2)
1957-58	Michigan State	16-6	9-5	3rd	Big Ten	DNP
1958-59	Michigan State	19-4	12-2	1st	Big Ten	NCAA (1-1)
1959-60	Michigan State	10-11	5-9	8th	Big Ten	DNP
1960-61	Michigan State	7-17	3-11	9th	Big Ten	DNP
1961-62	Michigan State	8-14	3-11	T-9th	Big Ten	DNP
1962-63	Michigan State	4-16	3-11	9th	Big Ten	DNP
1963-64	Michigan State	14-10	8-6	T-4th	Big Ten	DNP
1964-65	Michigan State	5-18	1-13	10th	Big Ten	DNP
1965-66	Hiram Scott	12-3				DNP
1966-67	Hiram Scott	19-4				DNP
1967-68	Hiram Scott	15-5				DNP
1968-69	Hiram Scott	13-8				DNP
1969-70	Hiram Scott	10-11				DNP

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