Corey Anderson has served as the Athletic Director at Bushnell University since 2005 and has seen substantial growth to the program as it moved from four teams to 17. Anderson led the school through the transition into the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics and the Cascade Collegiate Conference. Under his guidance the Beacons have won multiple CCC Team Championships as well as the 2015 NAIA National Championship in women's cross country.
Bushnell athletics continues to see record enrollment among student athletes with over 320 on campus for the 2024-2025 school year. Anderson's leadership has also included developing strong community partnerships with organizations including Willamalane, Springfield School District, Pine Ridge Golf Course, Kidsports, Special Olympics, and Grace Community fellowship. These partnerships have influenced many new facility developments in recent years including the Hamlin Sports Complex (Home of Bushnell Baseball), the Bushnell Beach Volleyball Courts at Grace, and the recently announced Player Development facility at Pine Ridge.
Under his leadership Beacon Athletics created the Tri-Athlete Model, giving equal focus to academic excellence and character development alongside athletic success in a holistic approach to collegiate athletics. As a testament, Bushnell is the only school to earn Cascade Conference President's Academic Excellence designation every year it has existed as the Beacons student-athletes consistently maintain a collective GPA over 3.0 and at least 60% of eligible athletes earn at least a 3.2 GPA for Academic All-Conference honors.
Bushnell also has earned NAIA Champions of Character 5-Star Awards every year and rose to "Gold Award" status in 2020. The Beacons are the only program in the CCC to stay at the Gold level for the past five years.
Anderson was named the Cascade Collegiate Conference Athletic Director of the Year in 2016.
As the longest tenured Athletic Director in the Cascade Collegiate Conference, Anderson holds numerous leadership roles. He is on the CCC ratings committee and is a member of the NAIA's National Administrative Council. He serves as a member of the Board of Directors for the NAIA Athletic Directors Association and serves on the Membership Committee, which assists with on-boarding for new campus athletic directors.
He is also a co-teacher of Bushnell's Intro to Coaching class, alongside Associate Athletic Director Sarah Freeman.
Anderson also served as the head men's basketball coach from 2009-2013 and was an assistant with the Beacons for five years. During his time at the helm of the men's basketball program, Anderson coached the first ever NAIA All-American as well as three All-Cascade Collegiate Conference athletes. His teams produced 14 Academic All-CCC selections and four Daktronics-NAIA Scholar Athletes.
In seven seasons as the head boys basketball coach at Marist HS, Anderson set a school record for wins and led the Spartans to six state tournament appearances, earning four Oregon 3A State Championship trophies. In 2001, Marist won the 3A State Championship after a 21-9 season, earning Anderson the OACA Coach of the Year award. He also earned Sky-Em League Coach of the Year honors in 2003.
Prior to his stint with the varsity team, Anderson coached the Freshman team for one season, registering a 21-1 season. Anderson also had a three-year coaching stint with the JV squad at Willamette HS.
Anderson graduated from the University of Oregon in 1994 with a BA in Recreational Management. While at the U of O he was a Student Assistant and Team Manager with the men's basketball program under Head Coach Jerry Green.
Anderson and his wife Holly live in Eugene. They have three boys; JJ, Jackson, and Cooper.
