Susan Anderson begins her fourth season as head coach at Central Missouri with a 102-59 record. In her first three campaigns, Anderson has posted a higher winning percentage than any other coach in their first three seasons.Anderson was voted into the UCM Hall of Fame in February 2009 as a former student-athlete. Anderson has been named Co-Coach of the Year twice in the past four seasons. She has coached 11 first team all-conference members, and 54 conference academic selections. She has also coached one conference MVP, one academic all conference, five all-regions, one academic all-region and two All-Americans.
Last season, Anderson led the Jennies to a 36-14 overall record and an 18-2 conference mark, finishing first in the regular season and fourth in the conference tournament. The Jennies qualified for their third straight NCAA-II North Central Region Tournament where they finished in seventh place.
In 2008, Anderson led the Jennies to a 36-22 overall record and 12-6 in the MIAA, good for second place. The Jennies finished second in the MIAA Tournament and qualified for the NCAA-II North Central Region tournament for the second consecutive season.
In her first season, Anderson led the Jennies to a 30-23 record, including a 14-4 conference record and a second place finish in the MIAA. The team took fifth in the MIAA tournament and advanced to the NCAA-II North Central Region tournament for the first time since 1997.
Prior to coming to UCM, Anderson was at MIAA rival Northwest Missouri for four seasons where she went 124-96. She led the Bearcats to its first NCAA Tournament appearance in 2006 since 1984. Anderson set a school record for wins in two different seasons including the most for a first-year leader in Northwest Missouri’s softball history with 30 in 2003.
Anderson was the head coach at Dakota State (S.D.) from 2001- 02, where she picked up a 36-36 mark. In her second season she set a school record for the 25-13 record, while taking the team to its
first ever NAIA Regional Tournament.
From 1999-2000, Anderson was the head coach at St. Mary’s College (Kan.) where she made a turnaround effort. Her team went 6-21 in her first season to 15-19 the next year.
Anderson was a graduate assistant coach at the University of Central Missouri in 1998, where she also was a student-athlete from 1994-1997. As a player at UCM, Anderson (formerly Punzo) was a two-time All-American and led the Jennies to three MIAA titles (1994, 1995, and 1997). She was also a three-time all-conference performer, earning second-team honors as a sophomore and first-team
accolades as both a junior and senior. She also got the job done in the classroom, making the MIAA All-Academic Team all four years and Academic All-American in 1997. She is also the only UCM Softball player to receive the prestigious NCAA Post- Graduate Scholarship.
Anderson and her husband Chauncey reside in Warrensburg with their four-year old daughter, Teagan.