Del Anderson
{{Short description|American football coach (1911–1989)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=June 2013}}
{{Infobox college coach
| name = Del Anderson
| image =
| alt =
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| birth_date = {{Birth date|1911|8|20}}
| birth_place = New Concord, Ohio, U.S.
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1989|6|23|1911|8|20}}
| death_place = Mishawaka, Indiana, U.S.
| alma_mater =
| player_sport1 = Football
| player_years2 = {{Circa|1933}}
| player_team2 = Muskingum
| player_sport3 = Basketball
| player_years4 = c. 1933
| player_team4 = Muskingum
| coach_sport1 = Football
| coach_years2 = 1934–1936
| coach_team2 = Adamsville HS (OH)
| coach_years3 = 1937–1941
| coach_team3 = Hillsboro HS (OH)
| coach_years4 = 1942–?
| coach_team4 = Youngstown South HS (OH)
| coach_years5 = ?–1947
| coach_team5 = Case Tech (backfield)
| coach_years6 = 1948–1953
| coach_team6 = Albion
| coach_years7 = 1954–1955
| coach_team7 = North Dakota State
| overall_record = 29–35–4 (college)
| bowl_record =
| tournament_record =
| championships = 1 MIAA (1952)
| awards =
| coaching_records =
}}
Delmar W. Anderson (August 20, 1911 – June 23, 1989) was an American football coach. He was the head football coach at Albion College from 1948 to 1953 and at North Dakota State University from 1954 to 1955. Anderson's overall record in eight years as a college football head coach was 29–35–4.{{cite web|title=Delmar W. "Del" Anderson Records by Year|publisher=College Football Data Warehouse|url=http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/coaching/alltime_coach_year_by_year.php?coachid=3643|access-date=June 29, 2010|archive-date=December 28, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181228035020/http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/coaching/alltime_coach_year_by_year.php?coachid=3643|url-status=dead}}
In 1952, Anderson led Albion to its first Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association championship since 1940 with a 59–7 win over Kalamazoo in the championship game. The team finished with a 7–1 record with the only loss coming early in the season in a road game against Michigan Tech.{{cite news|title=Albion Takes MIAA Title|newspaper=The Owosso Argus-Press|date=November 17, 1952|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=EEsoAAAAIBAJ&sjid=fQUGAAAAIBAJ&pg=5029,70430&dq=del-anderson+football&hl=en}} At North Dakota State, Anderson won only one game in two years and compiled a record of 1–17–1.
Before coaching at Albion, Anderson was a backfield coach at Case Institute of Technology and a high school football coach in Adamsville, Ohio, Hillsboro, Ohio, and Youngstown, Ohio. He graduated from Muskingum College in 1933 and earned a master's degree from the Ohio State University. He also served in the United States Navy during World War II.{{cite news|title=Del Anderson Coaches Albion|newspaper=Toledo Blade|date=March 1948|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=1eEpAAAAIBAJ&sjid=9v8DAAAAIBAJ&pg=5699,1632321&dq=del-anderson&hl=en}}
Head coaching record
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{{CFB Yearly Record Start | type = coach | team = | conf = | bowl = | poll = no }}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead
| name = Albion Britons
| conf = Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association
| startyear = 1948
| endyear = 1953
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1948
| name = Albion
| overall = 2–6
| conference = 0–5
| confstanding = 6th
| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1949
| name = Albion
| overall = 2–6–1
| conference = 0–5
| confstanding = 6th
| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1950
| name = Albion
| overall = 6–2–1
| conference = 2–2–1
| confstanding = T–3rd
| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1951
| name = Albion
| overall = 6–2
| conference = 3–2
| confstanding = 3rd
| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship = conference
| year = 1952
| name = Albion
| overall = 7–1
| conference = 5–0
| confstanding = 1st
| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1953
| name = Albion
| overall = 5–2–1
| conference = 4–1–1
| confstanding = 2nd
| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subtotal
| name = Albion
| overall = 28–19–3
| confrecord = 14–15–2
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead
| name = North Dakota State Bison
| conf = North Central Conference
| startyear = 1954
| endyear = 1955
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1954
| name = North Dakota State
| overall = 1–7–1
| conference = 1–4–1
| confstanding = 6th
| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1955
| name = North Dakota State
| overall = 0–9
| conference = 0–6
| confstanding = 7th
| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subtotal
| name = North Dakota State
| overall = 1–16–1
| confrecord = 1–10–1
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record End
| overall = 29–35–4
| bowls = no
| poll = no
| polltype =
}}
References
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{{Albion Britons football coach navbox}}
{{North Dakota State Bison football coach navbox}}
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Category:American men's basketball players
Category:Albion Britons football coaches
Category:Case Western Reserve Spartans football coaches
Category:Muskingum Fighting Muskies football players
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Category:North Dakota State Bison football coaches
Category:High school football coaches in Ohio
Category:United States Navy personnel of World War II
Category:People from New Concord, Ohio