Jestin Anderson came to Maryville in 2020 as part of head coach Jesse Shaw's first staff and was promoted to associate head coach prior to the 2022-23 season. Anderson worked four seasons at Western Illinois. In his first year with the Leathernecks was highlighted by the team's impressive 3-1 start to Summit League play and finishing seventh in the conference standings, landing a spot in The Summit League Tournament. The Leathernecks began the 2016-17 league season by hitting a school-record 18 3-pointers to upset preseason favorite Fort Wayne. WIU defeated eventual tournament champion South Dakota State and Oral Roberts to highlight its strong run. Anderson helped coach Garret Covington to his fourth straight All-Summit League honor.
Prior to Western Illinois, Anderson worked for three seasons as an assistant at Quincy University. He was an integral part of every aspect of the Hawks program, including recruiting, scouting and player development. Prior to his time at QU, Anderson spent two seasons (2011-13) as an assistant coach at Pratt (Kan.) Community College and Lake Land (Ill.) College for three seasons (2008-11). In his final season at Lake Land, he helped the Lakers to a 20-13 record and a runner-up finish in NJCAA Region 24. It was the Lakers' first 20-win season in 10 years.
Anderson began his coaching career as a graduate assistant at Quincy when the Hawks advanced to the NCAA Tournament in his first season on staff and were ranked as high as No. 9 in the nation. His playing career consisted of exactly 100 games played in a Quincy Hawks uniform from 2002-06, helping QU to NCAA Tournaments in his final two seasons. The Hawks won the GLVC West Division his senior season. The DeKalb, Ill., native graduated from Quincy in 2006 with a Bachelor of Science degree in management and earned his Master’s in Business Administration from QU in 2008.
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