Sean Miller Welcomes Ryan Anderson As Director Of Recruiting
05.05.22 | Men's Basketball
Anderson has ties to Arizona and Boston College.
CINCINNATI --- Xavier University Men's Basketball Head Coach Sean Miller announced the hiring of Ryan Anderson as Director of Recruiting. Anderson, a former First Team All-Pac-12 standout at Arizona, spent the 2021-22 season as a graduate manager for the Wildcats.
"Ryan Anderson is one of two players that I have coached that averaged a 'double-double' in a season," said Miller. "He was an excellent college basketball player because of his intelligence and unselfish ways.
"This past season Ryan worked as a Graduate Manager on Tommy Lloyd's staff at Arizona. During this experience he developed skills in player development, specifically working with front court players. He also has a great understanding of scouting, game preparation and the know how to develop underclass recruiting. He will be a significant part of all these aspects of our program here at Xavier. I am excited about Ryan mentoring our Xavier players on an everyday basis."
After playing his first three seasons of college basketball at Boston College, Anderson transferred to Arizona for the 2014-15 and 2015-16 seasons. He sat out the 2014-15 season as a transfer but in his senior season, he garnered First Team All-Pac-12 Conference and First Team NABC and USBWA All-District honors. He was a finalist for the Karl Malone Award and averaged 15.3 points and 10.1 rebounds per game, becoming the first Wildcat since Jordan Hill in 2008-09 to average a double-double for an entire season. Since Anderson, the only other Wildcat to do it was Deandre Ayton, who is now playing for the Phoenix Suns.
Following his collegiate career, Anderson played professionally in Belgium, Germany Ukraine, Lithuania and the G-League.
At Boston College, he earned ACC All-Freshman Team honors as well as Third Team All-ACC and Honorable Mention All-ACC. During his junior seasons (2013-14), he averaged 14.3 points, 7.3 rebounds and 1.4 assists while registering five double-doubles.
He played his high school basketball at Long Beach Poly and was the No. 93 overall prospect in the country and was named California Mr. Basketball in 2011.
Anderson, who is from Long Beach, Calif., earned his bachelor's degree in Human and Social Behavioral Studies from Arizona in 2016 and is currently pursuing his master's in Entrepreneurship.
"Ryan Anderson is one of two players that I have coached that averaged a 'double-double' in a season," said Miller. "He was an excellent college basketball player because of his intelligence and unselfish ways.
"This past season Ryan worked as a Graduate Manager on Tommy Lloyd's staff at Arizona. During this experience he developed skills in player development, specifically working with front court players. He also has a great understanding of scouting, game preparation and the know how to develop underclass recruiting. He will be a significant part of all these aspects of our program here at Xavier. I am excited about Ryan mentoring our Xavier players on an everyday basis."
After playing his first three seasons of college basketball at Boston College, Anderson transferred to Arizona for the 2014-15 and 2015-16 seasons. He sat out the 2014-15 season as a transfer but in his senior season, he garnered First Team All-Pac-12 Conference and First Team NABC and USBWA All-District honors. He was a finalist for the Karl Malone Award and averaged 15.3 points and 10.1 rebounds per game, becoming the first Wildcat since Jordan Hill in 2008-09 to average a double-double for an entire season. Since Anderson, the only other Wildcat to do it was Deandre Ayton, who is now playing for the Phoenix Suns.
Following his collegiate career, Anderson played professionally in Belgium, Germany Ukraine, Lithuania and the G-League.
At Boston College, he earned ACC All-Freshman Team honors as well as Third Team All-ACC and Honorable Mention All-ACC. During his junior seasons (2013-14), he averaged 14.3 points, 7.3 rebounds and 1.4 assists while registering five double-doubles.
He played his high school basketball at Long Beach Poly and was the No. 93 overall prospect in the country and was named California Mr. Basketball in 2011.
Anderson, who is from Long Beach, Calif., earned his bachelor's degree in Human and Social Behavioral Studies from Arizona in 2016 and is currently pursuing his master's in Entrepreneurship.