University of California Athletics

Ned Anderson was a 1967 Cal football letterman who captained the 1971 rugby team which won six of nine matches on its tour of Australia and New Zealand. Cal's results in that historic rugby tour included wins over Queensland University at Ballymore (11-9), New South Wales Country at Dalby (24-13), Australia Capital Territory at Canberra (12-8) and a narrow 12-10 loss to Sydney University. He also represented Cal on the all University of California side that achieved a winning record on a similar international tour during the summer of 1970. In 1975 at the age of 29, Anderson became the Bears' head rugby coach, succeeding the legendary Miles “Doc” Hudson. Anderson is one of only six head coaches in Cal's 125-year rugby history. Anderson’s teams continued Cal's winning rugby tradition through the 1970s and in 1980 when the first official national collegiate championship was established. He led the Bears to four straight national titles. In 1982, he hired Jack Clark, one of his former players, as an assistant coach. Anderson remained as an assistant after Clark took the helm in 1984 and stayed close to the program through the ensuing years before returning to the Cal coaching staff in 2003.