Dick Anderson is an assistant football

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 coach at Penn State

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 and former head coach at Rutgers University

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. While at Rutgers, Anderson compiled a record of 27 wins, 34 losses and 4 ties, with his highlight victory being a 21-16 win over Penn State in 1988—Rutgers' first win over the Nittany Lions in 70 years.

As a player

Anderson, a native of Queens, New York

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, played tight end

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 and defensive end

Defensive end

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 at Penn State for coach Rip Engle

Rip Engle

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 from 1960-1962. He played in the 1961 and 1962 Gator Bowl

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s and also captained the Nittany Lions baseball

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 team. Anderson earned a Bachelor's degree

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 in physical education from Penn State in 1963. He was drafted by the Oakland Raiders

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 in the 29th round of the 1963 AFL Draft

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 and by the Cleveland Browns

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 in the 17th round of the NFL Draft

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, but Anderson opted to remain at Penn State as a graduate assistant while earning his Master's degree

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 and playing for the semi-pro Newark Bears on the weekends.

Coaching

Anderson's first full-time coaching job was as an assistant at Lafayette College

Lafayette College

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 under future Philadelphia Eagles

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 General Manager Harry Gamble, whom he then followed to the University of Pennsylvania

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 in 1970. He returned to Penn State in 1973 at the invitation of head coach Joe Paterno

Joe Paterno

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. In his next 11 seasons as the Nittany Lions' offensive line coach, Anderson established himself as one of college football's best. Five of his players were named All-America

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ns (John Nessel

John Nessel

John Steve Nessel is a former professional American football player. Nessel was an All-American guard at Penn State University in 1974 and was the 4th-round draft pick of the Atlanta Falcons in the 1975 NFL Draft....

, Tom Rafferty

Tom Rafferty

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, Keith Dorney

Keith Dorney

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, Bill Dugan

Bill Dugan

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, and Sean Farrell

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) and a steady stream of Nittany Lion linemen went on to the NFL, including Hall of Famer

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 Mike Munchak

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.

In 1984 he accepted the head coaching job at Rutgers where his six-year record was 27-34-4. His best season was 1984, when the Scarlet Knights finished 7-3. Anderson was relieved of his duties at Rutgers in 1990 and returned to Penn State to resume duties as the team's offensive line coach. In 1993 Anderson moved to quarterbacks coach, following Jim Caldwell

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's departure to accept the head coaching job at Wake Forest

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. He returned to coaching the offensive line when Jay Paterno became coach of quarterbacks in 1999.