Jayhawk takes over at Indiana

By Matt Tait Jun 11, 2015

Former Kansas University tight end Lyonel Anderson, who played with the Jayhawks from 2003-04, earlier this week was named the head strength coach for Indiana University basketball.

Anderson, who spent 2014 working with the University of Houston football program and was with Indiana football from 2012-13, takes over for Je’Ney Jackson, who left Tom Crean’s program in Bloomington, Indiana, to become the head strength coach with KU football this winter.

Anderson began his coaching career as a grad assistant at KU in 2008.

“I’m extremely excited to work for a great coach like Tom Crean,” Anderson said in an IU news release. “This is like my Super Bowl. Every day I will have the opportunity to work with elite-level athletes and elite-level young men. I cannot thank coach enough for allowing me to be a part of this program.”

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Written By Matt Tait

A native of Colorado, Matt moved to Lawrence in 1988 and has been in town ever since. He graduated from Lawrence High in 1996 and the University of Kansas in 2000 with a degree in Journalism. After covering KU sports for the University Daily Kansan and Rivals.com, Matt joined the World Company (and later Ogden Publications) in 2001 and has held several positions with the paper and KUsports.com in the past 20+ years. He became the Journal-World Sports Editor in 2018. Throughout his career, Matt has won several local and national awards from both the Associated Press Sports Editors and the Kansas Press Association. In 2021, he was named the Kansas Sportswriter of the Year by the National Sports Media Association. Matt lives in Lawrence with his wife, Allison, and two daughters, Kate and Molly. When he's not covering KU sports, he likes to spend his time playing basketball and golf, listening to and writing music and traveling the world with friends and family.