{{short description|Australian basketball player}} {{for|the softball coach|Larissa Anderson (softball)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=June 2020}} {{Use Australian English|date=July 2016}} {{Infobox basketball biography | name = Larissa Anderson | image = | league = WNBL | team = Melbourne Boomers | number = | position = Assistant Coach | height_ft = 5 | height_in = 11 | weight_lbs = | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1977|03|27}} | birth_place = Sydney, New South Wales | nationality = Australian | high_school = | college = | draft_league = | draft_year = | draft_round = | draft_pick = | draft_team = | career_start = 1995 | career_end = 2008 | career_position = Forward / Center | career_number = 10 | years1 = 1995 | team1 = Dandenong Rangers | years2 = 1997 | team2 = Bulleen Boomers | years3 = 1998 | team3 = Brisbane Blazers | years4 = 1998–2006 | team4 = Bulleen Boomers | years5 = 2006–2008 | team5 = Dandenong Rangers | coach_start = 2015 | coach_end = | cyears1 = 2015–2019 | cteam1 = Dandenong Rangers | cyears2 = 2019–present | cteam2 = Melbourne Boomers <small>(assistant)</small> | highlights = | medal_templates = <!-- don't include medal templates unless there is a medal {{MedalSport | Basketball }} {{MedalCountry | {{AUS}} }} --> }}
'''Larissa Anne Anderson'''<ref>{{cite web |title=Larissa Anne Anderson () - Basketball Stats, Height, Age |url=https://www.fiba.basketball/en/players/21518-larissa-anne-anderson |website=FIBA Basketball |access-date=25 July 2025}}</ref> (née ''Cavanagh''; born 27 March 1977) is a former Australian professional basketball player. She currently is an assistant coach for the Melbourne Boomers in the WNBL.
==Career==
===WNBL=== Anderson grew up in Victoria and played for the Nunawading Spectres before joining the Dandenong Rangers WNBL team in 1995. Anderson had a strong career through until 2008 playing for Brisbane, Bulleen & again Dandenong. After seven years away from the WNBL and coaching success in the SEABL, Anderson has returned to the WNBL and to Dandenong as the head coach of the team for the 2015–16 season. She won the WNBL Coach of the Month award twice in her first season.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.foxsportspulse.com/team_info.cgi?action=PSTATS&client=1-4478-56412-116972-5935170&pID=187937980&news_task=DETAIL | title=Player Profile: Larissa Anderson | publisher=Fox Sports Pulse | accessdate=7 July 2016}}</ref> After spending four years in the head coach role at Dandenong, Anderson was not re-appointed when the franchise was rebranded for the 2019–20 season.
In July 2019, Anderson joined the Melbourne Boomers as an assistant coach under Guy Molloy.<ref>{{cite web|author1=Melbourne |url=http://wnbl.basketball/melbourne/news/larissa-anderson-joins-boomers-coaching-staff/|title=LARISSA ANDERSON JOINS BOOMERS COACHING STAFF|work=Melbourne Boomers |date=14 July 2019 |publisher=wnbl.com.au|accessdate=1 April 2020}}</ref> Anderson was appointed to also focus on the new Boomers Academy program for up-and-coming player development.
==Coaching record== {{NBA coach statistics legend}} === WNBL === {{NBA coach statistics start}} |- | align="left" |Dandenong | align="left" |2015–16 | 24 | 15 | 9 |{{winning percentage|15|9}} | align="center" |3rd of 9 |1 |0 |1 |{{winning percentage|0|1}} | align="center" |Lost Semi-final |- | align="left" |Dandenong | align="left" |2016–17 | 24 | 15 | 9 |{{winning percentage|15|9}} | align="center" |2nd of 8 |5 |2 |3 |{{winning percentage|2|3}} | align="center" |Lost Grand Final |- | align="left" |Dandenong | align="left" |2017–18 | 21 | 7 | 14 |{{winning percentage|7|14}} | align="center" |7th of 8 |– |– |– |– | |- | align="left" |Dandenong | align="left" |2018–19 | 21 | 9 | 12 |{{winning percentage|9|12}} | align="center" |5th of 8 |– |– |– |– | |-class="sortbottom" | align="left" |'''Career''' | ||90||46||44||{{winning percentage|46|44}}|| ||6||2||4||{{winning percentage|2|4}} {{s-end}}
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