It’s all about philosophy, experience and the pride in fans' eyes for Missouri's new softball coach.
Larissa Anderson, newly hired after a lengthy stint at Hofstra, comes to the Tigers' program preaching strong work ethic and core values — traits that encouraged Missouri athletic director Jim Sterk to bring her to Columbia.
During MU's coaching search after the sudden firing of Ehren Earleywine, Sterk had an image in his mind of the type of person he wanted in the position. From the moment the search began, Sterk said, Anderson was on his radar.
“Right away, as we were looking, they (Hofstra) were having great success, so we were tracking that, as well as the type of people we were looking for,” Sterk said during Anderson's introductory news conference Thursday afternoon.