Ted Anderson, Andale's girls basketball coach since 2015 and a middle school teacher in the Renwick school district the past 13 years, has died, according to a school official.
 
"It is with deep sadness that I have to inform you that Ted Anderson, Andale Middle School teacher and Andale High School girls basketball coach passed away Thursday night," Renwick Schools superintendent Mindy Bruce wrote in a statement released Friday. "Ted was a valued teacher, friend, coach and Renwick through and through. He will be deeply missed. Please keep his wife Tracy, son Jordan and daughters Jacy and Jillian in your prayers."

 
The 53-year-old Anderson was in his seventh season as Andale's head girls coach after spending the previous six years as a boys assistant. He coached the Indians to a 37-32 first-round victory over host Haven in the Wildcat Classic on Thursday night.

Andale, No. 5 in the Kansas Basketball Coaches Association's Class 4A rankings, played its first game without Anderson in Friday's semifinals, defeating Garden Plain 46-36.
 
Anderson's head basketball coaching career spanned 23 seasons between Andale and Valley Center. He posted a 267-220 record with six state tournament appearances – four at Andale and two at Valley Center. Last season, Andale finished 18-6 and reached the 4A semifinals, losing to eventual champion Bishop Miege.
 
"He was the guy who wanted to help everybody win," said Valley Center girls coach Trent Preheim, who coached freshman football with Anderson and served as his girls assistant for 11 seasons. "He obviously cared about his teams, but he cared about everybody's teams.
 
"I remember one year there was a Nike basketball clinic that got cancelled or something. So he set up his own clinic at Valley Center and had coaches come and do on-court stuff. He did all this for free, just having coaches come in and share their ideas."
 
Prior to teaching and coaching in the Renwick district, Anderson spent 17 years at Valley Center, where he taught at the middle school and coached the Hornets' high school girls team for 16 seasons. He led Valley Center to back-to-back 5A state appearances in 2004 and 2005. Anderson also served as a Valley Center football assistant for 11 seasons.
 
Anderson's 2004-05 team went through the regular season and sub-state unbeaten before falling to Miege in the 5A quarterfinals.
 
"There was a funny story from that season, although he didn't understand what we thought was funny about it," Preheim said. "After the season, he had T-shirts printed that said, 'Undefeated. 22-1.'
 
"He was like, 'We were undefeated in the regular season. And we were like, 'Yeah, but we weren't undefeated.'"
 
Anderson coached at Valley Center through the 2008-09 season. He served as a football and basketball assistant early in his Andale tenure before replacing Mark Kerschen as girls head coach. The Indians reached the 4A Division I quarterfinals under Anderson in 2016, finished third in 4A Division II in 2017 and advanced to the 4A Division II championship in 2018, where they lost 58-57 to Baldwin.
 
Anderson was a 1987 graduate of Basehor High School and 1992 graduate of Pittsburg State University.
 
Preheim visited with Anderson on Thursday. While Andale advanced in the winners bracket, Preheim's Hornets were scheduled to play Haven in the consolation bracket, and the two coaches were going to trade film.
 
"It was unbelievable the effort he put into spreading the knowledge around and trying to help other coaches," Preheim said.