COLUMBIA, MO. • Kim Anderson’s dream job turned into a nightmare. Now it's about to end. Missouri athletics director Jim Sterk announced Sunday that he's asked Anderson to step down as men's basketball coach at the end of the season.
The Tigers, 7-23 this season and 26-67 under Anderson the last three years, play Auburn on Wednesday in the Southeastern Conference tournament in Nashville.
“This decision has been very difficult for me personally because of the tremendous respect I have for Kim,” Sterk said in a statement. “I know how hard he and his staff have worked to turn the program around over the last three years, however, the lack of on-court success has resulted in a significant drop in interest surrounding our program, and we could not afford for that to continue another year.