David Anwar

Biography

David Anwar moves into his fourth season as an assistant coach at Mississippi State and his ninth season overall on Chris Jans’ staff in 2025-26. Anwar has been an integral part of 185 victories, an average of 23.1 wins per year, and a .720 winning percentage over the last eight seasons. He has been by Jans’ side for every monumental moment during his Mississippi State and New Mexico State tenures which is headed by appearances in six of the seven NCAA Tournaments. Anwar is regarded as one of the nation’s elite recruiters and possesses a wealth of experience gained over his 19 seasons as an NCAA Division I assistant coach which has paid more than its fair share of dividends for the programs he’s been associated with. The Bulldogs have earned three consecutive NCAA Tournament trips on the strength of a trio of a 21-win campaigns starting in 2022-23. It marked the third time in State’s history and the first time in two decades that the Bulldogs have pieced together NCAA Tournament runs in three straight seasons. State has dialed up 10 victories over Associated Press Top 25 squads which set a new program watermark for a three-year span. The Bulldogs amassed a single season best five regular season ranked wins last season coming off the heels of three AP Top 10 triumphs in 2023-24. State ascended to as high as No. 14 in the AP Top 25 poll in 2024-25 and was ranked during the month of March for the first time since 2003-04. Overall, the Bulldogs have been ranked in 19 editions of