Men's Basketball
Clarke, Anderson
Anderson Clarke
- Title:
- Director of Operations
Twitter: @AndersonJClarke
The 2024-25 season is Anderson Clarke’s seventh with the Montana men’s basketball program and second as assistant coach. He spent the previous two seasons as director of operations and his first three seasons as a graduate manager.
He served as Montana’s first director of operations since 2017, but filled much of those roles during his first three seasons while he was a graduate manager. In addition to operations duties, such as travel, meals, hotels and more, Clarke also took on the majority of Montana’s scouting and film prep.
During Clarke’s time with the Grizzlies, Montana has posted a winning record each season. The Grizzlies won the 2019 Big Sky Conference regular-season and tournament titles while advancing to the NCAA tournament. In 2019-20, they were again a conference-title contender, entering the Big Sky tournament as the No. 3 seed before it was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. In 2020-21, Montana found its form late, winning a pair of games in the Big Sky tournament and advancing to the semifinals as the No. 6 seed.
The Grizzlies enjoyed more winning seasons over the past two years with Clarke's help, winning 18 games in 2021-22 and 17 games in 2022-23.
In his first year as an assistant coach, Montana won 24 games and won a postseason game for just the second time in program history, reaching the quarterfinals of the CBI. The Grizzlies finished tied for second in the conference and reached the Big Sky Championship game.
Aanen Moody was a first-team All-Big Sky pick at the end of the season, and Dischon Thomas was a second team selection. The Grizzlies set a program record for both total points (2,768) and free throw percentage (79.2) in 2023-24.
Prior to coming to Montana, Clarke played collegiately for Division II Concordia University Irvine. The Eagles went 86-36 during Clarke’s four seasons (2014-15 through 2017-18), with Clarke totaling 15 points, 25 rebounds, eight assists, four steals and one block. He made seven of his nine career shot attempts.
He has helped Montana establish a pipeline to Australia with at least one Australian player on the roster in all but one year during his time.
Clarke is a native of Tasmania, Australia, where he played for Campolindo High School. His father, Marty, formerly served as the associate head coach for St. Mary’s College in California. He is now the technical director of the NBA Global Academy in Canberra, Australia.
Clarke and his wife, Shelby, were married in 2020. They welcomed a son, Booker, in 2023.
He earned his undergraduate degree in communications from Concordia Irvine in 2018, and his master’s in philosophy of educational leadership from Montana in May 2020. He is currently working toward his doctorate in philosophy of educational leadership.
The 2024-25 season is Anderson Clarke’s seventh with the Montana men’s basketball program and second as assistant coach. He spent the previous two seasons as director of operations and his first three seasons as a graduate manager.
He served as Montana’s first director of operations since 2017, but filled much of those roles during his first three seasons while he was a graduate manager. In addition to operations duties, such as travel, meals, hotels and more, Clarke also took on the majority of Montana’s scouting and film prep.
During Clarke’s time with the Grizzlies, Montana has posted a winning record each season. The Grizzlies won the 2019 Big Sky Conference regular-season and tournament titles while advancing to the NCAA tournament. In 2019-20, they were again a conference-title contender, entering the Big Sky tournament as the No. 3 seed before it was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. In 2020-21, Montana found its form late, winning a pair of games in the Big Sky tournament and advancing to the semifinals as the No. 6 seed.
The Grizzlies enjoyed more winning seasons over the past two years with Clarke's help, winning 18 games in 2021-22 and 17 games in 2022-23.
In his first year as an assistant coach, Montana won 24 games and won a postseason game for just the second time in program history, reaching the quarterfinals of the CBI. The Grizzlies finished tied for second in the conference and reached the Big Sky Championship game.
Aanen Moody was a first-team All-Big Sky pick at the end of the season, and Dischon Thomas was a second team selection. The Grizzlies set a program record for both total points (2,768) and free throw percentage (79.2) in 2023-24.
Prior to coming to Montana, Clarke played collegiately for Division II Concordia University Irvine. The Eagles went 86-36 during Clarke’s four seasons (2014-15 through 2017-18), with Clarke totaling 15 points, 25 rebounds, eight assists, four steals and one block. He made seven of his nine career shot attempts.
He has helped Montana establish a pipeline to Australia with at least one Australian player on the roster in all but one year during his time.
Clarke is a native of Tasmania, Australia, where he played for Campolindo High School. His father, Marty, formerly served as the associate head coach for St. Mary’s College in California. He is now the technical director of the NBA Global Academy in Canberra, Australia.
Clarke and his wife, Shelby, were married in 2020. They welcomed a son, Booker, in 2023.
He earned his undergraduate degree in communications from Concordia Irvine in 2018, and his master’s in philosophy of educational leadership from Montana in May 2020. He is currently working toward his doctorate in philosophy of educational leadership.
| ANDERSON CLARKE AT A GLANCE | ||||||
| PERSONAL | ||||||
| Hometown | Tasmania, Australia | |||||
| Education | Concordia Irvine, 2018 / Montana, 2020 | |||||
| Family | Wife: Shelby Children: Booker |
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| COACHING HISTORY | ||||||
| Year | School | Position | Record | Conference Finish | Postseason | |
| 2018-19 | Montana | Graduate Manager | 26-9 | 1st | NCAA Tournament | |
| 2019-20 | Montana | Graduate Manager | 18-13 | 3rd | N/A (COVID-19) | |
| 2020-21 | Montana | Graduate Manager | 15-13 | 6th | Big Sky Semifinals | |
| 2021-22 | Montana | Director of Operations | 18-14 | 5th | Big Sky Quarterfinals | |
| 2022-23 | Montana | Director of Operations | 17-14 | 4th | Big Sky Semifinals | |
| 2023-24 | Montana | Assistant | 24-12 | 3rd | CBI Quarterfinals | |
| 6 Seasons | 94-75 | |||||
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