Anthony Stewart Position: Assistant Coach Experience: 1st yr Degree: Mount Union College '93

Anthony Stewart brings six years of college coaching experience with him to Wyoming. He has two years experience as an NCAA Division I coach, serving as an assistant at Long Beach State for the 2004-05 and 2005-06 seasons before returning to graduate school this past year to complete his master's degree in business administration.

As an assistant coach at Long Beach State, Stewart recruited Aaron Nixon, who was the No. 1 ranked junior college player in the country as ranked by the Sporting News. Nixon went on to earn Big West Conference Player of the Year honors for the 2006-07 season, and was also named an Honorable Mention All-American by the Associated Press.

Prior to coaching at Long Beach, Stewart was the top assistant at Columbus State Community College in Columbus, Ohio. While at Columbus State, he helped develop that program into one of the top Division II junior college programs in the country. In his final season as an assistant coach at CSCC, the Cougars posted a 29-2 record, and were ranked No. 1 in the country before losing to eventual national champion Cuyahoga Community College. Stewart recruited three All-Americans and five First Team All-Conference selections while at Columbus State. The Cougars posted an 86-36 (.705) record in his time at CSCC.

A native of Akron, Ohio, Stewart was a two-sport star at Mount Union College in Alliance, Ohio. He was twice named Most Valuable Player of the Mount Union basketball team, and concluded his college career ranked in the Top 10 in school history in scoring. Stewart also was a two-year letterman in baseball as a pitcher.

He received his bachelor's degree in business management at Mount Union in 1993, and completed his MBA from the McDonald School of Business at Myers University in Cleveland, Ohio, in 2006.

Stewart and his wife, Cheryl, have two sons, Anthony and Parker, and one daughter, Skylar.

"I've know Anthony (Stewart) for quite some time," said Schroyer. "He brings with him a great deal of recruiting experience in the Midwest, which is an area of the country I want us to recruit more heavily. Anthony has proven through the years that he is not only a fine recruiter, but is also an outstanding young basketball coach and a great communicator."