Stan Anderson Staying Put At Marquette
Stan Anderson says there’s “too much to offer at Marquette” for him to leave. Anderson is the Associate Men’s Soccer Coach at Marquette, specializing in the goalkeepers but also focusing heavily on recruiting and community relations. He has been at the school since 2006.
Anderson had been considered for the head coaching job at UW Milwaukee, but when he weighed the benefits of the Marquette job he decided he really wanted to stay put. “It was like a nice car that drove past…the further the car (process) went along the less attractive the car became.”
Anderson says that there are a lot of benefits to staying at Marquette as associate coach. He says his family is settled and comfortable in the Racine, WI area and there’s much he likes about the school. “I think Marquette is a first class university and they have a first class administration.” He says he’s also compelled to stay in the area because of the “first class coaches in Bennett, Bode and Santos areas.” He stated other reasons for staying were the Big East Conference and the recruiting classes the coaching staff have assembled for the class of 2011.
Anderson reflected on being an associate coach rather than the head coach at a Division I school. “The UW Milwaukee prospect was a unique one. I have said this publicly before, but being the associate head coach versus the head coach does not take away from what I accomplish and from what I have accomplished in the game.”
Some of those accomplishments Anderson has enjoyed happened when he was at the UW Milwaukee, where he also worked with Louis Bennett (head coach Marquette) for 10 years. The duo brought Milwaukee to the NCAA Tournament in 2001 through 2006 and made it to the second round in ’02 and ’05. Anderson says that the success they had at UW Milwaukee was based on bringing in Wisconsin and Minnesota kids and filling in with out of state and foreign players.
Anderson also runs a very successful 1-week soccer camp called Camp Shutout. The camp draws goalkeepers from Wisconsin and beyond. Anderson says often the best keepers from Minnesota attend yearly.
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To bad, of the candidates listed, he was probably one of the best. A guy who had a real chance to turn things around. I had heard that he was not asked to interview in the final round. I’m guessing the UWM admin is still upset that he departed to MU with other coaches and players.
I know a couple of recent graduates from the program, and they said that the program could have bounced back quickly after the 2006 departure if the UWM admin would have hired even competent leadership. They also said they think there is plenty of talent left at UWM, but the program dynamics have soured with such a “train wreck” of a coaching staff.
To Stan’s comment about the search process, I also heard that it was very unorganized. I feel bad for the players who had 4 years of poor leadership, only be be followed by bungled search process.