Fighting Illini women's basketball head coach Shauna Green announced the hiring of Britney Anderson as an assistant coach on April 20, 2023. Anderson concluded her second season on the Fighting Illini staff in 2024-25.

In year two at Illinois, Anderson played a role the program’s continued upward trajectory with a 22-win season (22-10), another postseason appearance, and the program’s first NCAA Tournament win in 25 years. The Fighting Illini tied the program record with four wins over AP Top-25 ranked opponents. Illinois led the Big Ten in team free throw percentage (79.3%) and defensive 3-point percentage (28.1%), while Genesis Bryant (free throw percentage) and Kendall Bostic (double-doubles, minutes/game, rebounds, def. rebounds/game, rebounds/game) combined to lead the league in six individual categories. Additionally, the Illinois staff brought in the No. 7-ranked recruiting class by espnW for the 2025-26 campaign.

In the first year with Anderson on staff, the Illinois women's basketball team tallied 19 wins, the first-ever postseason championship in program history (2024 WBIT), and an upset of AP-ranked No. 14 Indiana (2/19/24).

Year one at Illinois saw Illinois earned an at-large bid into the inaugural Women’s Basketball Invitation Tournament (second NCAA-sponsored postseason tournament behind the NCAA Tournament). The staff led the squad to a WBIT championship with five-straight wins to close the season with a 19-15 overall record. Makira Cook was named the WBIT’s Most Outstanding Player while Kendall Bostic and Genesis Bryant joined on the All-Tournament Team.

In 2023-24, Illinois set the program’s single-season team free throw percentage record, connecting on 434-of-546 attempts for a 79.5% rate from the line. The mark led the Big Ten and ranked sixth in the NCAA.

Anderson joined the Illinois program after three seasons on Stanford's staff, where she worked primarily with the guards. She's been in the collegiate coaching ranks since 2013 with stops at Radford, Virginia Tech and most recently Stanford.

Stanford went 92-12 (.885) in Anderson's three seasons on The Farm, boasting the second-most wins and third-best winning percentage of any school in the nation during that span. The Cardinal won three straight Pac-12 regular season titles along with the 2021 and 2022 tournament championships and went 50-5 vs. Pac-12 foes in the regular season with Anderson on the staff. Under her guidance, Haley Jones (2022) and Kiana Williams (2021) earned All-America accolades, while Anna Wilson was named the 2021 Pac-12 Co-Defensive Player of the Year. Jones and Lexie Hull were both picked No. 6 in the WNBA Draft in 2023 and 2022, respectively. 

A 2007 graduate of Virginia Tech, Anderson has spent time coaching in both the high school and AAU ranks, as well as collegiately at Radford and her alma mater in Blacksburg, Va.

She joined the college ranks in 2013, serving as an assistant at Radford and aiding in the resurgence of its program, including a trip to the WNIT in 2015. Upon returning to her alma mater, Anderson helped Virginia Tech to four straight postseason appearances, highlighted by a run to the WNIT Championship game in 2018.

Playing for the Hokies from 2003-07, Anderson led Virginia Tech to four straight postseason appearances, including three trips to the NCAA Tournament and one to the WNIT. She shot 44.6 percent from the floor for her career and averaged 10.2 points per game as a senior.

Upon graduating with a bachelor's degree in apparel design and merchandise management, Anderson served as the corporate recruiter for M.C. Dean, Inc. in Dulles, Va., from 2008-13. During that time frame, Anderson also coached girls' basketball at Potomac Falls High School in Potomac Falls, Va., and in the AAU ranks.

Last updated June 2025

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