Nearly three years ago, Kim Anderson was pedaling along the Katy Trail when a consultant called to gauge his interest in returning to Mizzou.
Anderson, from Sedalia, won Big Eight Player of the Year honors for the Tigers in 1977 and served two stints as an assistant on Norm Stewart’s staff. Becoming the Missouri men’s basketball coach was always Anderson’s dream — but one he’d convinced himself would never happen before receiving that life-changing call.
After three seasons with the Tigers marked by long losing streaks and successive last-place finishes in the Southeastern Conference, Anderson took to the Katy Trail again on Sunday as news broke that he’d been asked by first-year MU athletic director Jim Sterk to step down.