Frostburg State University Director of Athletics Troy A. Dell has announced that Justin Anderson has been named FSU's head swimming coach following a recent national search.

Anderson arrives at Frostburg after a pair of coaching stints at Trinity College (Conn.) and the University of Mary Washington (Va.).

Anderson served on the Trinity coaching staff as an assistant since August 2011. He headed the program's recruiting efforts and implemented practice plans.  He helped recruit the first-ever male swimmer to achieve NCAA provisional qualifying times in multiple events and he guided the women's team to their highest GPA in program history and the tenth highest GPA in the nation. He also assisted the aquatics director with planning and coordinating the facility schedule and lifeguard coverage. He coached the Bantams to over 200 personal best times, 29 varsity school records, 12 first-year records and six NCAA provisional qualifying performances.

A 2010 graduate of the University of Mary Washington, Anderson served as an assistant at his alma mater in 2010-11 where he coached some of the top athletes at the Division III national level.  He outlined and implemented daily practices, assisted in recruiting efforts and aided in the recruitment of the program's first-ever U.S. Open qualifying swimmer.

He helped the UMW swimmers establish nine team records, eight Capital Athletic Conference records, with two NCAA automatic qualifying times and 15 NCAA provisional marks. Anderson helped two of the Eagle swimmers to 2011 NCAA Championship All-American honors and he was part of the CAC Women's Coaching Staff of the Year.

As a student at Mary Washington, Anderson competed as a sprint/middle-distance freestyler, breaststroker, and IM'er. He was a two-time Scholar All-American for the Eagles, three-time conference record holder and the Mary Washington and Capital Athletic Conference Male Scholar Athlete of the Year in 2010.

A captain and four-year letter winner, Anderson racked up numerous awards as a member of the UMW team, including 22 all-conference awards, 12 conference championships and team MVP honors. He also gained NCAA Championship-provisional qualifying standards three times during his career.

Anderson earned his bachelor's degree from UMW in May '10. He was a six-time Dean's List student and graduated with a 3.68 G.P.A. in English. He will finish his master's degree in English for writing, rhetoric and media arts from Trinity this May.