West Virginia State football coach Jon Anderson is expected to be named the coach at the University of Sioux Falls. A Gazette-Mail source confirmed a report from The Argus Leader in Sioux Falls, South Dakota.
Anderson, who came to West Virginia State after serving as an assistant at Sioux Falls, will take over for former coach Jed Stugart after Stugart accepted the head coaching position at Lindenwood University.
According to the newspaper, Sioux Falls is expected to introduce Anderson as the coach in a Tuesday press conference.
Anderson and West Virginia State athletic director Nate Burton both declined to comment when reached Monday evening by the Gazette-Mail.
Under Anderson's watch, the Yellow Jackets have gone 10-34 in the last four seasons and went 3-8 this season - capping the year with two victories in their last two games. The 2016 season was the first time Anderson's team did not win more games than it did in the previous year, as the Yellow Jackets showed gradual improvement from the time he took over.
In 2015, West Virginia State went 5-6 - giving the program the most wins it has had in a single season since 2008 when the Yellow Jackets won seven games.
His teams at WVSU have been among the best passing offenses in the Mountain East Conference the last two seasons. Quarterback Matt Kinnick led the MEC in passing in 2015 and the Yellow Jackets averaged nearly 300 yards per game through the air this season.
During his previous stint at Sioux Falls, Anderson was a linebackers coach and special teams coordinator from eight years before spending the last three as the school's defensive coordinator.
Sioux Falls went 12-1 last season, winning its first NSIC championship before losing to Harding in the second round of the Division II playoffs. The Cougars have gone to the playoffs in three consecutive seasons.