He served as the assistant offensive line coach for the Buffalo Bills in the National Football League (NFL).

He was a member of the 1997 Michigan Wolverines football team that won the 1998 Rose Bowl, as well as a share of the 1997 national championship.

Anderson joined the Eastern Michigan staff on April 2, 2008[8] as tight ends coach before shifting to the offensive line and run game coordinator in 2009.

In 2018, Anderson joined the Northwestern University Wildcats as a quality control assistant and was hired as the offensive line coach the following season.

He developed current Los Angeles Chargers Offensive Tackle Rashawn Slater, the 13th overall draft pick in 2020.

Anderson is married with five children, wife Jennifer and sons Hawken and Torin,daughter Dagny and twins Odin and Raina.

His grandfather, Bob Nowaskey, played for the Chicago Bears of the NFL and the Baltimore Colts and Los Angeles Dons of the All-America Football Conference (AAFC).

[14] His father, Donald Anderson, played college football at Northwestern University and in the NFL with the New Orleans Saints.