Andy Landers
{{Infobox college coach
| name = Andy Landers
| image = Andy Landers.JPG
| alt =
| caption = Landers in 2011
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1952|10|8}}
| birth_place = Maryville, Tennessee, U.S.
| death_date =
| death_place =
| alma_mater = Tennessee Tech
| coach_years1 = 1975–1979
| coach_team1 = Roane State CC
| coach_years2 = 1979–2015
| coach_team2 = Georgia
| overall_record = 866–299 ({{winpct|866|299}}) (college)
82–21 ({{winpct|82|21}}) (junior college)
| bowl_record =
| tournament_record = 51–27 (NCAA)
3–0 (NWIT)
| championships = 7× SEC Champion
(1983, 1984, 1986, 1991, 1996, 1997, 2000)
4× SEC Tournament Champion
(1983, 1984, 1986, 2001)
5× NCAA Regional—Final Four (1983, 1985, 1995, 1996, 1999)
| awards = 3× SEC Coach of the Year (1984, 1986, 1996)
4× NCAA Coach of the Year (1986, 1987, 1996, 2000)
| coaching_records =
| WBHOF = andy-landers
}}{{Short description|American college basketball coach (born 1952)}}
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Andrew Grady Landers (born October 8, 1952) is an American former college basketball coach who was head women's basketball coach at the University of Georgia from 1979 to 2015.
Landers graduated from Friendsville (Tenn.) High School in 1970, then attended and graduated from Tennessee Technological University in 1974 with a degree in Physical Education.
In 1975, Landers began his coaching career at Roane State Community College, compiling an 82–21 record over four seasons before Vince Dooley made the 26-year-old his first hire as athletic director at Georgia.
The Lady Bulldog program Landers inherited had compiled a 37–85 record in its first six seasons and had virtually no budget. However, in his first season, Landers led the Lady Bulldogs to a 16–12 record, and by his fourth year in Athens, he had taken them to their first of five NCAA Final Fours. By 1985, the Lady Dogs were in the National Championship game.
During his career at Georgia, Landers was named National Coach of the Year four times and Southeastern Conference (SEC) Coach of the Year three times, and led the Lady Dogs to 23 NCAA Tournaments, five Final Fours, seven SEC regular-season titles, four SEC tournament championships, and 21 twenty-win seasons. He coached two Olympians (who won a combined six Gold Medals), 11 Kodak All-Americans, and 25 future Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) players.{{Cite web|url=https://espnmediazone.com/us/bios/andy-landers/|title=Andy Landers - ESPN MediaZone U.S.|website=espnmediazone.com|language=en-US|access-date=2018-06-29}} Landers was awarded the US Basketball Writers Association (USBWA) Coach of the Year award in 2000.{{cite web|url=http://www.sportswriters.net/usbwa/awards/women/index.html|title=USBWA WOMEN'S HONORS|publisher=USBWA|access-date=8 May 2010|archive-date=23 December 2004|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041223123908/http://www.sportswriters.net/USBWA/awards/women/index.html|url-status=dead}} At the time he retired, Georgia's five Final Four appearances (all under Landers) ranked sixth among all schools.
Landers recorded his 600th career win in just 784 games, which at the time made him the fifth-quickest (out of fourteen total) NCAA Division I women's basketball head coaches to reach the mark. On February 24, 2013, Landers got his 900th career win in Georgia's 73–54 victory at Ole Miss.
Landers was a member of the ninth group of inductees (the class of 2007) in the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame.{{cite web|url=http://www.wbhof.com/inductees.html|title=WBHOF Inductees|publisher=WBHOF|access-date=2009-08-01|archive-date=2017-12-06|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171206134733/http://www.wbhof.com/Inductees.html|url-status=dead}} He is also a member of the Georgia Sports Hall of Fame as the state's winningest college basketball coach at any level.{{Cite news|url=https://news.uga.edu/three-inducted-into-sports-hall-of-fame/|title=Three inducted into Sports Hall Of Fame - UGA Today|date=2009-03-09|work=UGA Today|access-date=2018-06-29|language=en-US}}
Landers announced his decision to retire on March 16, 2015. He finished his career with 944 total wins, which ranked fifth all-time among women's college basketball coaches. He was succeeded by his then-assistant coach Joni Taylor.
Since his retirement, Landers has worked for ESPN and its sister-channel SEC Network as a women's college basketball analyst.
Personal life
He married the former Pam McClellan in 1981 and has two children, Andrea Lauren and Andrew Joseph.
Head coaching record
Sources:{{cite web|url=http://a.espncdn.com/photo/2015/1111/2015-16%20SEC%20WBB%20Guide.pdf|title=Annual standings|work=2015-16 SEC Women's Basketball Media Guide|publisher=Southeastern Conference|year=2015|pages=56–59}}{{cite web|url=http://www.georgiadogs.com/sports/w-baskbl/mtt/landers_andy00.html|title=Andy Landers|publisher=University of Georgia Athletics|access-date=September 5, 2016|date=March 16, 2015}}
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{{CBB Yearly Record Subhead|
|name=Roane State Raiders
|startyear=1975
|conference=Tennessee Junior and Community College Athletic Association
|endyear=1979
|}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 1975–76
| name = Roane State
| overall = 13–9
| conference =
| postseason =
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 1976–77
| name = Roane State
| overall = 23–3
| conference =
| postseason =
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 1977–78
| name = Roane State
| overall = 21–4
| conference =
| postseason =
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 1978–79
| name = Roane State
| overall = 25–5
| conference =
| postseason =
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Subtotal
| name = Roane State
| overall = 82–21 ({{winpct|82|21}})
| confrecord =
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{{CBB Yearly Record Subhead|
|name=Georgia Lady Bulldogs
|startyear=1979
|conference=Southeastern Conference
|endyear=2015
|}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 1979–80
| name = Georgia
| overall = 16–12
| conference =
| postseason = GAIAW Tournament First Round
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =postseason
| season = 1980–81
| name = Georgia
| overall = 27–10
| conference =
| postseason = NWIT Champions
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 1981–82
| name = Georgia
| overall = 21–9
| conference = 4–3
| postseason = NCAA first round
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship = conference tournament
| season = 1982–83
| name = Georgia
| overall = 27–7
| conference = 4–4
| postseason = NCAA Final Four
| confstanding = 3rd (East)
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship = divboth
| season = 1983–84
| name = Georgia
| overall = 30–3
| conference = 8–1
| postseason = NCAA Elite Eight
| confstanding = T–1st (East)
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship = division
| season = 1984–85
| name = Georgia
| overall = 29–5
| conference = 7–1
| confstanding = 1st (East)
| postseason = NCAA Runner-Up
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship = confboth
| season = 1985–86
| name = Georgia
| overall = 30–2
| conference = 9–0
| confstanding = 1st
| postseason = NCAA Sweet 16
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 1986–87
| name = Georgia
| overall = 27–5
| conference = 7–2
| confstanding = T–2nd
| postseason = NCAA Sweet 16
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| confstanding = T–4th
| season = 1987–88
| name = Georgia
| overall = 21–10
| conference = 5–4
| postseason = NCAA Sweet 16
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| confstanding = 3rd
| season = 1988–89
| name = Georgia
| overall = 23–7
| conference = 6–3
| postseason = NCAA second round
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| confstanding = 4th
| season = 1989–90
| name = Georgia
| overall = 25–5
| conference = 6–3
| postseason = NCAA second round
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship = conference
| season = 1990–91
| name = Georgia
| overall = 28–4
| confstanding = 1st
| conference = 9–0
| postseason = NCAA Elite Eight
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 1991–92
| name = Georgia
| overall = 19–11
| conference = 6–5
| postseason =
| confstanding = T–4th
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| confstanding = T–8th
| season = 1992–93
| name = Georgia
| overall = 21–13
| conference = 4–7
| postseason = NCAA second round
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| confstanding = T–7th
| season = 1993–94
| name = Georgia
| overall = 17–11
| conference = 5–6
| postseason =
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| confstanding = T–2nd
| season = 1994–95
| name = Georgia
| overall = 28–5
| conference = 8–3
| postseason = NCAA Final Four
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship = conference
| season = 1995–96
| name = Georgia
| overall = 28–5
| conference = 10–1
| confstanding = 1st
| postseason = NCAA Runner-Up
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship = conference
| season = 1996–97
| name = Georgia
| overall = 25–6
| conference = 11–1
| confstanding = 1st
| postseason = NCAA Elite Eight
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 1997–98
| name = Georgia
| overall = 17–11
| conference = 8–6
| confstanding = 5th
| postseason = NCAA first round
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 1998–99
| name = Georgia
| overall = 27–7
| conference = 9–5
| confstanding = 3rd
| postseason = NCAA Final Four
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship = conference
| season = 1999–2000
| name = Georgia
| overall = 32–4
| conference = 13–1
| confstanding = T–1st
| postseason = NCAA Elite Eight
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship = conference tournament
| season = 2000–01
| name = Georgia
| overall = 27–6
| confstanding = T–2nd
| conference = 11–3
| postseason = NCAA second round
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| confstanding = 8th
| season = 2001–02
| name = Georgia
| overall = 19–11
| conference = 6–8
| postseason = NCAA first round
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| confstanding = T–3rd
| season = 2002–03
| name = Georgia
| overall = 21–10
| conference = 10–4
| postseason = NCAA Sweet 16
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 2003–04
| name = Georgia
| overall = 25–10
| conference = 8–6
| confstanding = T–4th
| postseason = NCAA Elite Eight
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| confstanding = 4th
| season = 2004–05
| name = Georgia
| overall = 24–10
| conference = 9–5
| postseason = NCAA Sweet 16
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| confstanding = 3rd
| season = 2005–06
| name = Georgia
| overall = 23–9
| conference = 10–4
| postseason = NCAA Sweet 16
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| confstanding = 2nd
| season = 2006–07
| name = Georgia
| overall = 27–7
| conference = 11–3
| postseason = NCAA Sweet 16
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 2007–08
| name = Georgia
| confstanding = T–4th
| overall = 23–10
| conference = 8–6
| postseason = NCAA second round
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 2008–09
| name = Georgia
| overall = 18–14
| conference = 7–7
| postseason = NCAA first round
| confstanding = 7th
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 2009–10
| name = Georgia
| overall = 25–9
| conference = 9–7
| postseason = NCAA Sweet 16
| confstanding = T–3rd
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season =2010–11
| name = Georgia
| overall = 23–11
| conference = 10–6
| postseason = NCAA Sweet 16
| confstanding = T–3rd
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 2011–12
| name = Georgia
| overall = 22–9
| conference = 11–5
| postseason = NCAA first round
| confstanding = 3rd
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 2012–13
| name = Georgia
| overall = 28–7
| conference = 11–4
| postseason = NCAA Elite Eight
| confstanding = 3rd
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 2013–14
| name = Georgia
| overall = 20–12
| conference = 7–9
| postseason = NCAA first round
| confstanding = 9th
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 2014–15
| name = Georgia
| overall = 19–12
| conference = 6–10
| postseason =
| confstanding = T–9th
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Subtotal
| name= Georgia
| overall= 862–299 ({{Winning percentage|862|299}})
| confrecord = 273–144 ({{Winning percentage|273|144}})
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record End
|overall=944–320 ({{Winning percentage|944|320}})
}}
See also
References
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External links
- [http://www.georgiadogs.com/sports/w-baskbl/mtt/landers_andy00.html Georgia Bulldogs bio]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20061129195417/http://www.wbhof.com/menu.htm Women's Basketball Hall of Fame Class of 2007]
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