Career
Anderson previously coached in Australia, New Zealand and England and is particularly noted for his work with the development of younger players. Anderson began his coaching career in 1999 at the working his way up to Premier League coach before being made assistant coach to Brian Smith in 2000. In 2001, Anderson was a surprise choice for coach of the He had amazing success, taking them to their first finals series in 2001 and their first Grand Final in 2002, losing to the Sydney Roosters.
He took the Warriors to another Finals series in 2003, the same year he replaced Gary Freeman as head coach of the New Zealand Kiwis.
Anderson resigned from the Warriors in June 2004 after a bad start to the season. Winning only three out of eleven games.
Anderson retained his position as coach of the New Zealand Kiwis until June 2005. He was appointed the coach of RLFC in 2005, succeeding the previous coach Ian Millward who had been sacked by the club
He left the position at the end of 2008"s Super League XIII, returning to Australia.
This was the first time a rugby league coach had received the award. He was also named Super League"s coach of the year in 2006 and again in 2007. Saint Helens made it to 2007"s Super League XII Grand Final at Old Trafford against the Leeds Rhinos, but they lost 33–6.
He is the brother-in-law of former Hull KR coach Justin Morgan.
He coached in their loss to the Leeds Rhinos in 2008"s Super League XIII Grand Final. On 17 November 2008 Anderson was announced the Head Coach of the NRL squad for three years, beginning in 2009.
On 25 September 2010, it was announced that Anderson"s contract had been terminated with immediate effect by the club, who replaced him with Stephen Kearney. On October 18 2013, it was announced that Anderson would leave his post as NRL Referees Elite Performance Manager to return to Parramatta in the newly created job as general manager of football operations.
