Anderson elevated to head ski coach

ANCHORAGE – Alaska Anchorage assistant coach Sparky Anderson has been promoted as the next head coach of the Seawolf ski team, athletic director Steve Cobb announced Tuesday.

Anderson wrapped up his fifth season as the leader of the Seawolves' Alpine program in 2011. In his tenure, Anderson coached two NCAA individual champions – Andreas Adde in 2010 and Aurore de Maulmont in 2002 – while producing nine All-America certificates.

“It is an honor to be chosen as the next head coach at UAA. I can't begin to describe how excited I am to lead a quality program like ours,” said Anderson. “I believe in this program, in our team, and I'm energized to set out and continue our pursuit of a national championship. Trond (Flagstad) was an outstanding person to work with and leaves some big boots to fill. That being said, I'm more than up for the challenge. This means a lot to my family and me.”

Under Anderson's guidance on the Alpine side, the Seawolves have finished no worse than 10th at the NCAA Championships, including a program-best 4th-place team result in 2009. The Seawolves have also landed 54 student-athletes on the all-academic team during his tutelage.

“It is always a pleasure to promote one of our own after a nationwide search,” Dr. Cobb said. “Coach Anderson was clearly the best applicant to lead the Seawolf program into the future. I have no doubt that the academic and athletic success of our ski program will continue and thrive under his leadership.”

Anderson becomes the fifth head coach in UAA skiing history, taking the reins after Flagstad resigned at the conclusion of the 2011 slate. The search for an assistant Nordic coach is still under way.

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Players Mentioned

Andreas Adde: ALP; Freshman

Players Mentioned

Andreas Adde
: Freshman
: ALP