Staff Directory

Tysor Anderson

Title:
Assistant Coach
Alma Mater:
Georgia Tech, 2010
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Tysor Anderson is in his first season with the Bears in 2026-27, after spending four seasons at SoCon foe, Wofford. After three seasons as an assistant coach, Anderson was promoted to associate head coach with the Terriers prior to last season.

Last year, the Terriers finished with a 19-13 overall record and 11-7 mark in conference play. Wofford's 11-7 conference record was tied with Mercer and Samford for the second-best record in the league. Anderson coached three All-Conference players for the Terriers, including First Team selection Kahmare Holmes who averaged 19.5 points per game for the Terriers. Holmes increased his scoring average from his freshman to sophomore season by 15.4 points per game. In conference play, Wofford finished second in the conference in scoring (81.6 ppg) and field goal percentage (47.6%).

In 2024-25, Anderson helped guide Wofford to its sixth conference championship and NCAA Tournament appearance after defeating Furman in the Southern Conference Championship. Corey Tripp and Kyler Filewich received All-Southern Conference recognition and Filewich was named the Southern Conference Tournament MVP.

Anderson joined Jacksonville State's staff in August 2019. Following a season serving as the coordinator of basketball operations, Anderson was named assistant coach in October of 2020.

In 2021-22, he helped guide JSU through its transition into the ASUN Conference as the program won its first Division I regular-season conference title with a 13-3 conference mark. JSU finished 21-11 overall, earning a trip back to the NCAA Tournament after its ASUN championship.

Senior Darian Adams, who garnered First-Team All-ASUN honors and was an NABC All-District selection, led the way with 477 points for the third-most in a single-season by a Gamecock. Fellow seniors Brandon Huffman and Kayne Henry were also a driving force averaging right at 10 points per game while being the top two rebounders for the season. Junior Demaree King led the NCAA in three-point field goal percentage at 45 percent with a school-record 84 threes in a season.

Anderson, an Atlanta, Georgia native. came to Jacksonville after spending the previous four seasons as a head coach at the high school level. He served as head coach at Atlanta's South Gwinnett High School from 2016 to 2018 before taking the head coaching job at Holy Spirit Prep in 2018.

In his first season at South Gwinnett in 2016-17, Anderson led the Comets to their first state playoff appearance since the 2008-09 season.

At Holy Spirit Prep in 2018-19, Anderson steered the Cougars to a 20-14 overall record, perfect 10-0 mark in the region and an appearance in the GISA State Championship game. Anderson coached future NBA first-overall pick Anthony Edwards of the Minnesota Timberwolves while at Holy Spirit Prep.

In the collegiate ranks, Anderson spent two seasons as an assistant coach. His 2011-12 season was spent at South Georgia State College, and he served in the same capacity at the University of North Georgia during the 2015-16 season. In between those stops Anderson served as a Peace Corps volunteer in Cambodia from 2012 to 2014.

Anderson is a 2010 graduate of Georgia Tech where he received his degree in Social Science, Technology and Culture, and also earned a certificate in Business Management.

As a walk-on for the Yellow Jackets, Anderson lettered three years and served one season as a student assistant under head coach Paul Hewitt.

Anderson is the grandson of legendary, Hall of Fame, college basketball coach Charles "Lefty" Driesell, who retired in 2003 after 41 years as a head coach at Davidson, Maryland, James Madison and Georgia State.