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Ex-NBA guard Kenny Anderson to coach NAIA's Fisk University

Men's College Basketball, Fisk Fisk

NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Former NBA guard Kenny Anderson is taking over as coach of NAIA program Fisk University.

Fisk announced Monday on Twitter that Anderson had been hired to coach at the Nashville-based school.

Anderson, 47, played for several NBA teams from 1991 to 2005. He made the 1994 NBA All-Star Game while playing for the New Jersey Nets, who selected him with the No. 2 pick in the 1991 draft.

He posted career averages of 12.6 points and 6.1 assists.

Anderson also starred for Georgia Tech's 1990 Final Four team.

He becomes the second former NBA All-Star to get hired to coach a Tennessee-based college program this year. Anfernee "Penny" Hardaway was hired in March to coach at Memphis, where he played from 1991 to 1993.

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