Mike Anderson begins his 31st season as an assistant coach with the Eagles in 2025. He serves as UWL's associate head coach while coaching the tight ends.
Anderson was head football coach for eight seasons at La Crosse (Wis.) Central High School, compiling an overall record of 54-28 from 1987 to 1994. The Red Raiders were 27-3 in conference games and claimed five league titles (1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993) under Anderson. Central made five post-season appearances, making it to two state semifinals. Anderson was named the 1990 La Crosse Tribune Coulee Region Coach of the Year and earned the Wisconsin Football Coaches Association (WFCA) Region Coach of the Year three times (1989, 1992, 1993). He was an assistant coach for the North Team in the 1990 Shrine All-Star Game.
He was an assistant coach at Central from 1981 to 1986 prior to being named head coach. Anderson also coached wrestling and track & field for the Red Raiders and was chosen as La Crosse Central's Teacher of the Year in 2006.
A 40-year member of the WFCA, Anderson served as an assistant football coach at Menomonie (Wis.) High School from 1973 to 1980. He was also an assistant wrestling and track & field coach and was selected the 1978 Menomonie High School Teacher of the Year.
Anderson has been an assistant coach at UWL since 1995, when the Eagles captured the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division III title with a 36-7 victory over Rowan College (N.J.). UWL finished 14-0 overall.
He has been a member of eight Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (WIAC) championships (1995, 1996, 1999, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2022, 2023) at UWL and 11 NCAA Division III playoff appearances (1995, 1996, 1999, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024). For his efforts, Anderson was named the 2004 WIAC Assistant Coach of the Year.
A 1973 graduate of UW-Eau Claire, Anderson was a three-time letter winner in football. He served as the President of the Coulee Region Football Coaches Association from 1987 to 1994 and was a WFCA District Representative from 1988 to 1994.
He was inducted into the WFCA Hall of Fame in 2012.
Named the 2005 La Crosse County American Legion Citizen of the Year, Anderson has been a Mason, Scottish Rite and Zor Shriner and member of the La Crosse Shrine Club and Firehouse Jesters since 1991.
