Lindsey Anderson returns to Weber State as assistant coach

OGDEN - Lindsey Anderson is coming home. The Olympian, All-American, Hall of Famer, two-time National Coach of the Year, and former collegiate record holder is returning to Weber State.

Anderson has been named an assistant coach for the Weber State men's and women's track and field and cross country teams.

She is a member of the Weber State Athletics Hall of Fame and will be inducted into the Big Sky Conference Hall of Fame later this month. She was also the first Weber State athlete in any sport to compete in the Summer Olympics as she qualified for the 2008 Beijing Olympics in the steeplechase.

"I am so excited for the opportunity to return to Weber State," Anderson said. "Weber has always been a special place for me and I am thrilled to be returning to where my story began."

Anderson returns to Weber State after spending the past year as the head cross country coach and the assistant distance coach at the University of Missouri. During her time with the Tigers, she led the women's team to a top-15 finish in every race and coached one athlete to the NCAA Cross Country Championships.

"I am incredibly grateful for my time this past year at the University of Missouri and I want to thank the coaches and athletes I've been able to work with," Anderson added. "My time at Mizzou has been unforgettable."

Prior to Missouri, she spent five years as the head men's and women's cross country coach at the College of Southern Idaho where she restarted the program and led the Golden Eagles women's team to the 2021 NJAA Division I National Cross Country Championship, the first in school history.

During her five seasons at CSI, both the men's and women's cross country teams placed in the top 10 in the nation every season. She was twice named the National Women's Coach of the Year and was the program's architect as it was re-started after a 19-year hiatus. During the 2020 season, she led the men's team to a runner-up finish at the national meet, the highest in school history.

Prior to her time at CSI, Anderson also spent two seasons as an assistant coach at Cal State Bakersfield.

She was an assistant coach at Weber State from 2007-14, where she contributed to recruiting and training and coached All-Americans Amber Henry and Sarah Callister.

In July of 2008, Anderson became the first student-athlete from Weber State to qualify for the Summer Olympics after finishing second overall at the U.S. Olympic Trials for the steeplechase, posting a personal-best time of 9:30.75 to earn a spot on the U.S. Olympic Team for the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games. Anderson's success in the steeplechase has also led her to the 2007 World Championships in Osaka, Japan, the 2009 World Championships in Berlin, Germany and she competed in the 2020 Olympics Marathon Trial in Atlanta, Georgia, finishing in the top 10 percent.

During her Hall of Fame career at Weber State from 2004-07, Anderson was a two-time All-American and set multiple school records. She set the WSU school records in the steeplechase and 10,000 meters in outdoor track and field and the 5,000 meters in indoor. She won six Bix Sky individual championships and won three conference titles in relay competitions for the Wildcats. Anderson was also named the Big Sky's Track Athlete of the Meet twice and was selected as the league's representative for the NCAA Woman of the Year award in 2007.

As a senior in 2007, she became the collegiate steeplechase record holder and became the first athlete in Big Sky history to win the conference title in the steeplechase, 5,000 meters and 10,000 meters in the same championship.

She was named one of the Big Sky Conference's 25 Greatest Female Athletes of all time in 2014 and was inducted into the Weber State Athletics Hall of Fame in 2017.

The Morgan, Utah native graduated from Weber State with a degree in mathematics education in 2007. She was named the Weber State Female Athlete of the Year in 2007 and earned Academic All-American honors, was named the Big Sky Scholar-Athlete of the Year, and was a finalist for the NCAA's Woman of the Year award.

She and her husband Mark have two children, Peyton and Avett.

"We are thrilled to have Lindsey returning home to coach at Weber State," said WSU women's track and field and cross country head coach Paul Pilkington, who coached Anderson at WSU. "She was a phenomenal athlete and has also proven herself as one of the best young distance coaches in the country. To leave a Power 5 program to return to Weber State is fantastic for us and we are really excited to have her back."

"Lindsey has incredible experience as an athlete and as a coach and we are so excited for the strengths that she will bring to our programs," said WSU men's head coach Corbin Talley. "It's great to have her back coaching at Weber State."

"We are excited to have Lindsey Anderson return home to Weber State and join our track and field coaching staff, said WSU director of Athletics Tim Crompton. "No question our student-athletes and the program overall will benefit from the addition of Coach Anderson. I can't say enough when it comes to the outstanding support our University administration provides our celebrated track and field program."

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Lindsey Anderson returns to Weber State as assistant coach

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