Mike Anderson -- Head Coach, Men's Basketball

Mike Anderson was named the head basketball coach at Arkansas on March 23, 2011. He was named the head coach at Missouri on March 26, 2006 after four seasons at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. Over the last three seasons at Missouri, Anderson's teams won 77 games and made three trips to the NCAA Tournament including a run to the Elite 8 in 2008-09.  In that season, he was named the National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) National Coach of the Year, the Clair Bee Coach of the Year and was credited with leading the Tigers to the biggest turnaround in college basketball with 15 additional wins from the previous season.
Anderson's record after his five-year stint at Missouri was a combined 111-56 (.665) and included 13 wins over ranked opponents, four NCAA Tournament victories and a 75-13 record at home.  In his final season, the Tigers ranked No. 2 in the nation in steals per game (9.7) and turnover margin (5.4), 10th in the country in scoring offense (80.8) and among the top 30 in four other categories (scoring margin, assists per game, assist-turnover ratio, blocked shots per game).
In his first season at UAB, Anderson guided the Blazers to the best single-season improvement in school history. UAB finished last season with a 21-13 record overall and an 8-8 Conference USA record, which was good enough to finish second in the National Division. For his efforts he was named the Conference USA Ray Meyer Coach of the Year recipient for 2003-04.
After graduating from the University of Tulsa in 1982, Anderson tried his hand in the teaching profession as a substitute teacher while keeping his hand on his true desire - coaching basketball. He knew that he wanted to get back into the college basketball scene and that is when he called Richardson to inquire about a vacancy as the volunteer assistant coach at Tulsa. Richardson agreed and it was the beginning of a long tenure between the two coaches.
Anderson spent two years as the volunteer assistant coach. During his stint with the Golden Hurricane, UT had a combined record of 50-12 and made two NCAA tournament appearances.
When Richardson left Tulsa to become head coach at Arkansas, he quickly made the decision to keep Anderson on his staff.
It turned out to be a worthy decision for the both of them. For the next 14 years, Anderson was an assistant coach at Arkansas, and the final five as an assistant head coach.
Anderson quickly moved up the ranks within the Arkansas staff after initially joining the program as a volunteer assistant in 1985-86. After a year as a part-time assistant (1987), Anderson became a full-time assistant the following season.
During Anderson's 13 years as a full-time assistant coach, the Razorbacks posted an overall record of 338-129 (.724), won a national championship (1994), earned a national runner-up finish (1995) and advanced to the Final Four three times (1990, '94, '95).

Todd Butler - Hitting Coach / Recruiting Coordinator, Baseball

Former McNeese State head coach and Alabama assistant Todd Butler joined the Arkansas staff as the Razorbacks hitting instructor and recruiting coordinator on July 1, 2005.
Butler came to Arkansas after eight years as an assistant coach for the Crimson Tide and three seasons as the head coach at his alma mater McNeese State. He was an assistant coach at Alabama from 1995-2000, helping the Tide to three College World Series appearances and four SEC Tournament Championships. He served as the Crimson Tide's hitting coach and outfield coach in his first stint in Tuscaloosa.
In 2001, Butler took over the reigns of the McNeese State program and guided the Cowboys to a 90-83 (.520) record in three seasons. He led McNeese State to a Southland Tournament Championship and a trip to the NCAA Houston Regional in 2003.
Butler returned to Alabama in the summer of 2003 and has served as the team's recruiting coordinator, hitting instructor, infield coach and first base coach for the past two seasons. In 2004, the Crimson Tide returned to the NCAA Tournament with a berth in the NCAA New Orleans Regional.
As a recruiting coordinator, Butler has been responsible for some of the nation's top recruiting classes over the past 10 years. In his first stint at Alabama, the Tide recorded three consecutive Top 10 classes, including the 1999 class that was rated No. 4 in the country. Since his return, the Crimson Tide's 2005 freshman class was ranked 10th by Baseball America.
Butler also helped put together some of Alabama's best offensive clubs. His 1997 Alabama team led the NCAA in four offensive categories, including runs scored (679), hits (860) and total bases (1,571).
Butler was an assistant coach on Tony Robichaux's (now at Louisiana-Lafayette) staff at McNeese State (1993-94) prior to going to Alabama. He also served as an assistant coach at Blinn Junior College in Brenham, Texas, in 1992.
He was a two-year letterman at McNeese State from 1985-86 before playing his final two seasons at the University of Oklahoma in 1987-88. He served as a student-assistant coach at McNeese State from 1990-91. He earned his bachelor's degree in liberal studies at McNeese State in 1991.

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T.J. Cleveland - Assistant Men's Basketball Coach

T.J. Cleveland was named an assistant coach at Missouri on April 5, 2006. He had been named an assistant at UAB on May 24, 2005. Cleveland, who had been with the UAB program the previous three years, assumed his first assistant coaching position after coordinating video tape and film operations, including overseeing opponent film exchange, for the Blazers. The Birmingham, Ala., native and former Minor High School prep star also oversaw UAB managers and assisted with the day-to-day operations of the Blazer men's basketball program. Cleveland is a former Arkansas player.

Tom Collen - Head Coach, Ladyback Basketball

Tom Collen was hired at Louisville in March of 2003 after five seasons at Colorado State and came back to Arkansas in March 2007.
While at Colorado State, Collen compiled an impressive 129-33 (.796) record in his five seasons with the Rams. Collen served as the head coach of the Rams from 1997-2002. His 1998-99 squad finished with a 33-3 record and an appearance in the NCAA Sweet Sixteen.
In his five seasons at CSU, the Rams made five postseason appearances, four NCAA Tournament appearances and his 1999-2000 squad advanced to the semifinals of the WNIT. The Rams were WAC regular season champions in 1998 and 1999. In 2001, they were crowned Mountain West Tournament Champions and were 2002 Mountain West Champions of the regular season.
Collen was named WAC Coach of the Year in 1999 as well as WBCA District Coach of the Year, Women's Basketball Journal National Coach of the Year, and Women's Basketball News Service Coach of the Year. He earned Mountain West Conference Coach of the Year honors in 2002.
On February 3, 2001, Collen recorded his 100th career win with a 55-54 victory over San Diego State. Collen became the fifth fastest active Division I coach to reach 100 wins when he did so in his 125th game.
Collen joined the Rams after coaching at the University of Arkansas for four seasons. There he served as an assistant coach for two seasons before being promoted to associate head coach during the summer of 1995. In addition to continuing as defensive coordinator and national recruiting contact, he assumed more responsibility for day-to-day operations.
One of Collen's strengths as a coach is the ability to recruit some of the top players in the country. This year, he signed the 65th best player in the country according to the All Star Girls Report, in Joy Jenkins out of Aurora, Colorado. During his first season at Arkansas, his national recruiting helped deliver one of the nation's top 15 freshman classes. In 1994, he repeated his efforts and signed a class ranked in the top 10. At Colorado State, Collen's freshman class from last season ranked as high as sixth in recruitment ranking.
At Arkansas, he was named defensive coordinator and initiated an up-tempo pressing style that put Arkansas at or near the top of every defensive category in the Southeastern Conference.
But for all his efforts at Arkansas, Collen's most valuable contributions still came in the recruiting area. Instrumental in signing SEC Freshman of the Year Christy Smith, he also helped sign two Parade All-Americans in Tennille Adams and Shaka Massey.
Collen is a proven winner. In his 16 seasons as a collegiate women's assistant coach, his teams never posted a losing record and at Colorado State as head coach he has amassed at least 20 victories all four years. Overall, the teams he served as an assistant posted a .695 winning percentage (329-144) with 10 post-season appearances and as a head coach he has an 80-19 overall record, which equates to an .808 winning percentage.
Prior to Arkansas, Collen spent seven seasons at Purdue, primarily recruiting, coordinating defense and promoting the program in the state of Indiana.
While at Purdue, the Boilermakers made four appearances in the NCAA Tournament, twice reaching the Sweet Sixteen in 1990 and 1992. Purdue was ranked as high as third in the Associated Press basketball poll in 1991.
Among Collen's notable recruits prior to Arkansas are a pair of Kodak All-Americans: Joy Holmes, who led Purdue to the 1991 Big 10 championship and MaChelle Joseph, who was named Big 10 Player of the Year.
Prior to Purdue, Collen was an assistant coach for three seasons at the University of Utah from 1984-86. The Utes made post-season trips to the WNIT and NCAA in his three seasons, posting a combined record of 56-32.
He started his collegiate career at Miami (Ohio) in 1982, assisting the Red Hawks to a pair of conference championships and a berth to the AIAW Sweet 16 in 1982.
Before collegiate coaching, Collen was a high school coach for several sports in Logan, Ohio.
A 1977 graduate of Bowling Green with a bachelor's degree in health and physical education, Collen earned a pair of master's degrees from Miami in health education in 1982 and in recreational programming in 1983.

Greg Collins - Assistant Coach, Ladyback basketball

Greg Collins comes to Arkansas (April 17, 2007) after five seasons with the Louisville women's basketball staff.
Collins joined U of L after serving as an assistant athletic director and assistant coach at DuPont Manual High School in Louisville. Along with his assistant athletic director duties, he was the junior varsity head coach and the assistant varsity coach.
From 2000-03 Collins served as the head of the Derek Smith All-Stars AAU team. In his three seasons with the Derek Smith All-Stars, his teams produced 20 Kentucky All-Stars and three Miss Kentucky Basketball winners. The Derek Smith All-Stars were one of the Top 15 adidas programs nationally and 16 players earned Division I scholarships.
Prior to his stint at Manual High School, Collins was a varsity assistant at North Bullitt High School. He also developed the North Bullitt Swoosh AAU program.
Collins, a Louisville native and University of Louisville graduate, earned his bachelor's degree in marketing in 1988. He completed his master's degree in business education at Louisville in 1994
Collins also contributes to the Five Star Basketball play and drill books. Most recently he served as an advance scout for the WNBA's New York Liberty.

Tari Cummings - Assistant Coach, Ladyback Basketball

Tari Cummings joined the University of Arkansas women's basketball staff as an assistant coach and the team's recruiting coordinator in May 2011.
Cummings will coordinate the Razorback recruiting efforts, work with the forwards and serve as the team's liaison with the academic department at Arkansas.
Cummings comes to Arkansas by way of the University of Houston where she spent two seasons working with the Cougars as the team's recruiting coordinator.
Cummings came to Houston after two seasons at the University of Cincinnati where she served in the same capacity. Prior to her time at UC, Cummings spent four seasons at Arkansas-Fort Smith under long-time head coach Louis Whorton, where she helped the Lions to three NJCAA National Tournament appearances, including a pair of final fours and a consolation championship. She mentored three NJCAA All-Americans during her tenure at UA-Fort Smith.
She played collegially at UA-Fort Smith (then Westark College), where she earned All-American honors in 1999 and helped the Lions place seventh in the NJCAA National Tournament in 1997-98. She finished with 1,262 career points, ranking third in the program's history. She went on to play two seasons at Oklahoma State University, where she was an All-Big 12 performer in 2001-02, averaging 13.1 points per contest and leading the Cowgirls with 6.9 rebounds per game.
Cummings earned her Associate of Arts degree from Westark College in 1999 and received a B.S. in sociology from Oklahoma State in 2003.

Clay Goodwin - Director of Baseball Operations

The Razorbacks' cornerstone at third base from 2002-05, Clay Goodwin begins his first season ('08) as Arkansas' Director of Baseball Operations for head coach Dave Van Horn and his seventh season in Cardinal and White.
Goodwin coordinates all aspects of the Razorbacks' baseball program, working closely with head coach Dave Van Horn and assistants Todd Butler and Dave Jorn.
He helps coordinate recruiting with Butler and serves as an on-campus recruiting official. Goodwin also liaisons with the compliance office to coordinate official and unofficial visits. He assists Kelly Moore in organizing team travel and is a liaison with athletic department administration. Goodwin is also in charge of ordering inventory of all equipment needs.
Goodwin spent the 2006 season as the Diamond Hogs' fifth-year student assistant coach. He assisted the UA coaching staff in running practices, day-to-day administrative duties and on game days. He helped hitting coach Todd Butler with hitting instruction while assisting with the Hogs' infield. He then served as a manager for Arkansas during the 2007 season.
Goodwin's name is littered throughout the Arkansas record book. The outstanding defensive third baseman was also known to have an effective bat. He finished his Razorback career with a .297 average, 49 doubles, 12 home runs and 127 RBI. At the end of his four years he ranked eighth in career at bats (750), tied for ninth in career hits (223) and tied for fifth in career singles (157). Goodwin appeared in 202 games as a Razorback, making 193 career starts.
He hit a team-best .332 as a sophomore and followed that with a team-leading .319 average as a junior. His run production spiked as a senior with a career-best five home runs, 17 doubles and 42 RBI. He also finished his career with a .934 fielding percentage at third base and 408 assists.

Dave Jorn - Pitching Coach, Baseball

Former Razorback assistant coach Dave Jorn was named as the new University of Arkansas pitching coach on July 8, 2002

Jorn served as the Hogs' pitching coach from 1983-88 under legendary UA skipper Norm DeBriyn.

During Jorn's time on DeBriyn's staff, Arkansas posted a record of 268-108 (.713), competed in five NCAA regionals and earned trips to the 1985 and the 1987 College World Series. Six different Razorback pitchers earned All-Southwest Conference honors during that span including Kevin Campbell ('84), Tim Deitz ('85), Bobby Edwards ('87, '88), Fred Farwell ('85), Steve Parker ('86) and Tim Peters ('87).

Van Horn and Jorn coached together on the UA staff from 1985-88. Van Horn was a graduate assistant while Jorn was in the midst of his first stint as UA's pitching coach.

Following his first stint with the Razorbacks, he pursued a career in professional baseball as both a pitching coach and a scout. His most recent assignment was as a scout with the New York Yankees.

Jorn left the Razorback program in January of 1989 to work in player development in the New York Yankees' minor league system. He was the pitching coach at class-A Prince William, Va., in the Carolina League in 1989 before serving in the same position in the class-A South Atlantic League in Greensboro, N.C., in 1990. He then spent two years (1991-92) as the pitching coach at the Yankees' class-AA affiliate in Greensboro, N.C.

He joined the New York Mets' organization in 1993 and worked with their class-A South Atlantic League affiliate in Columbia, S.C., in 1993-94. Jorn transferred to Kingsport, Tenn., to serve as pitching coach for the Mets in the class-A rookie league from 1995-96 before returning to Columbia, S.C., for the 1997 season.

In 1998, he was hired by the Arizona Diamondbacks and worked as the pitching coach in Lethbridge, Ontario, Canada, in the organization's short season class-A league club in the Pioneer League. Jorn spent the next two seasons (1999-2000) with the Diamondbacks' class-A Midwest League affiliate in South Bend, Ind. He served as the pitching coach in 1999 before being elevated to the role of manager in 2000.

Jorn rejoined the Yankees' organization in 2001 as a scout covering the Midwest. He was responsible for scouting in the states of Arkansas, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota and South Dakota.

Following the 2001 draft, he managed the Yankees' class-A short season team playing in the New York-Penn League in Staten Island, N.Y. Since the completion of that season, he has concentrated on scouting responsibilities.

Prior to his initial tenure at Arkansas, he was the pitching coach at Lurleen B. Wallace Junior College.

Aly Sartini - Assistant Softball Coach

Aly Sartini, a former All-Southeastern Conference Tournament team member for the Arkansas Razorbacks, was named assistant softball coach at Birmingham-Southern College in August of 2001. She left to return to Arkansas in July of 2004
Sartini helped lead Arkansas to three SEC tournament appearances and one NCAA Regional berth as a player. After her playing career, she remained with the program as a student assistant coach. She served the Razorback softball program as the acting director of summer camps, infield and hitting instructor and as the program's academic coordinator.

Amber Shirey - Director of Operations, Ladyback basketball

With 18 plus seasons with the Lady Razorbacks as a player and coach, Amber Nicholas Shirey has always been considered a legend by the fans. As a player, she took Arkansas to its Southwest Conference pinnacle with two championships, the 1990 NCAA West Regional Finals, and three NCAA appearances.
As a coach, she managed to wipe out her own accomplishments as the 1998 team went one step further by reaching the Final Four.
Voted by the Arkansas Lettermen's Club into the Arkansas Hall of Honor in 2002, she was honored by the University and the Southeastern Conference at the 2003 women's basketball tournament as one of the league's legend players.
The first former Lady Razorback to become a full-time coach at Arkansas, she has worked on the court with Arkansas' guards.
One of the most decorated athletes in women's history at Arkansas, Shirey was the first Lady'Back selected to receive a NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship. She closed her career as one of two players in school history to rank on four career total lists (points, 6th; rebounds, 10th; steals, 2nd; assists, 1st).
While no longer Arkansas' all-time assist leader with 538, Shirey still holds the record for consecutive games started, 87. Twice named all-Southwest Conference, she was the MVP of the 1991 SWC tournament, leading Arkansas to the first non-Texas title. Shirey equaled her court performance in the classroom. A kinesiology major, she had over a 3.9 GPA, and twice was voted to the College Sports Information Directors of America's Academic All-America Team. She was a three-time conference academic team member.

Dave Van Horn - Head Baseball Coach

In 1981 Dave Van Horn was drafted out of McLennan Community College but decided to transfer to Arkansas instead of turning pro. As a Junior in 1982 he was an All-Southwest Conference infielder and the team MVP. He was selected as the SWC's Newcomer of the Year. He was then drafted in the Atlanta Braves in the 1982 draft (10th round) and spent three years playing for the Braves. He then returned to Arkansas as an Assistant Coach and was part of two Razorback College World Series Appearances (1985 and 1987). Arkansas was 184-72 and made the NCAA Regional Tournament in each of the four seasons that Van Horn assisted Coach Norm DeBriyn. Van Horn then spent five years as the head coach at Texarkana College from 1989-1993. In his first season, the Bulldogs set a school record with 39 wins. The next three years the Bulldogs surpassed that total by winning 44, 45 and 48 games, respectively. In 1992, Texarkana finished 48-10 and was first in the NJCAA Texas Eastern Conference. In 1993, Texarkana finished with a 38-18 mark. Van Horn spend the next season at Central Missouri State, posting a 51-11 record and winning the NCAA Division II National Championship. Van Horn was named the Division II Coach of the Year and was hired by Div. I Northwestern (La.) State. He was named Southland Conference Coach of the Year two of the three years he was there before he was hired by Nebraska, where he still coaches and has had more of the same success. In 2001 he took Nebraska to the College World Series and a 50-14 record and they returned to the College World Series in 2002.

Van Horn has coached his teams to an average of 41 wins a season and has won fewer than 35 games only twice in his 12 seasons as a head coach.

2001 Baseball America Coach of the Year.

2004 Co-SEC Coach of the Year.

School	Win	Loss	Win Percentage
Texarkana Community College	214	72	74.83%
Central Missouri State	51	11	82.26%
Northwestern State	106	65	61.99%
Nebraska	214	92	69.93%
Career Totals (Pre-Ark.)	585	240	70.91%

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Melvin Watkins - Assistant Men's Basketball Coach

A former head coach at Texas A&M and UNC-Charlotte, Watkins has been with Mike Anderson since he took over the Missouri program in 2006. Twice named Rivals.com's Top Assistant Coach in 2009 and 2010 and the 1997 Conference USA Coach of the Year, Watkins has been on the sidelines for 33 years as both an assistant and head coach. He was instrumental in Missouri's rise with Anderson at the helm and is known among coaching circles as a tremendous recruiter with eight top 100 national recruits to his credit at Texas A&M including current Chicago Bull Acie Law and 2005 NBA first-round draft pick Antoine Wright. Watkins is also an excellent teacher, not just of the game, but of life. He has groomed several players into pro prospects and as a head coach saw players earn 15 Academic All-Big 12 honors.

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Matt Zimmerman - Assistant Men's Basketball Coach

Matt Zimmerman was named an assistant coach at Missouri on April 5, 2006. He comes to UM after four years with the Alabama-Birmingham coaching staff and four years as head coach at Dardanelle High School in Dardanelle, Arkansas.
Zimmerman compiled a 74-46 record in his four years at DHS. His 2000 team advanced to the quarterfinals of the state tournament in class AAA and finished the season ranked No. 7 in the state with a 24-11 record. He also took DHS to the state tournament in 2001 with a 17-10 mark.
In his final season, Zimmerman led Dardanelle to an 18-12 record and earned the 4AAA District tournament championship. Zimmerman was named 4AAA District Coach of the Year following the 2000 season. In his last three seasons, his Sand Lizards twice upset Arkansas' No. 2 and No. 3-ranked teams. He was named the KARV Dream Team Coach of the Year and River Valley Radio Coach of the Year in 2000.
From 1995-98 Zimmerman was Athletics Director and head basketball coach at Plainview-Rover High School in Plainview, Ark. There he led the team to three 4B South Conference titles. He was chosen the Outstanding Boys Coach of the 4B South Conference in 1996. Zimmerman also coached the girls team which advanced to the Class B State Tournament in 1997 and finished ranked No. 10 in the state.
Zimmerman spent three years, 1987-90, as head manager and a student assistant at Arkansas under Razorback head coach Nolan Richardson.
He has also worked with the Razorback Basketball Camp as an administrator and coach from 1986-2001.
Zimmerman served in the U.S. Army from 1990-95, reaching the rank of captain. He graduated from the U.S. Army Airborne School in 1991. He was a member of the 1st Infantry Division (The Big Red One) from 1991-95.
He earned his bachelor's degree in physical education from Arkansas in 1990.