Background
Landers, Andy was born on October 8, 1952.
Landers, Andy was born on October 8, 1952.
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.
Following the 2007-2008 season, Landers had compiled an overall record of 789–246 (762) and a record of 707–225 (760) at Georgia. 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 National Collegiate Athletic Association Final Fours.
By 1985, the Lady Dogs were in the National Championship game. Today, his average of 24.4 wins per season ranks fourth among all active Division I women"s basketball head coaches, as do his 789 total victories.
Of the fourteen Division I women"s basketball head coaches to reach 600 wins, Landers made it the fifth-quickest, surpassing the mark after only 784 games. Landers announced his decision to retire on March 16, 2015.
Landers is a member of the ninth group of inductees (the class of 2007) in the Women"s Basketball Hall of Fame.
Married Pam McClellan. Children: Andrea Lauren, Andrew Joseph.