ROY ANDERSON ASSISTANT DEFENSIVE BACKS COACHING EXPERIENCE: 19TH SEASON NFL EXPERIENCE: 15TH SEASON VIKINGS EXPERIENCE: 1ST SEASON Roy Anderson joins the Vikings staff in 2020 for his 15th student assistant with Florida State University, again tutoring NFL season after most recently serving as the lead defensive the team’s quarterbacks. analyst for the 2019 NCAA CFB National Champion LSU Tigers. A four-year quarterback at Howard University (1998- Prior to his lone season with the Tigers, Anderson spent 2001), Anderson was named to the All-Mid-Eastern Athletic the previous 14 years in the NFL, primarily coaching defensive Conference Scholar-Athlete Team in 2001. backs. His most recent professional stop was with the Chicago A native of Tallahassee, FL, Anderson graduated with a Bears as the safeties coach in 2017-18. bachelor’s degree in business administration from Howard and Anderson coached the secondary for four seasons with also earned his master’s in sports management from Florida Indianapolis (2012-15), joining the Colts after seven seasons State in 2003. He attended Godby (Tallahassee, FL) High (2005-11) with the Baltimore Ravens. During his final two years School, where he participated in both football and baseball. in Baltimore (2010-11), Anderson was the team’s defensive assistant/secondary coach where he handled defensive quality ANDERSON’S BACKGROUND control duties and also worked with the defensive backs. Playing 1998-2001 ........ Howard University // Quarterback Anderson originally entered the NFL with the Ravens in Coaching 2005 as a player personnel assistant, where he worked on 2002 ................ Florida A&M // Graduate Assistant Baltimore’s NFL Draft and free agency process by evaluating 2003 ................ Florida State // Student Assistant players, organizing free agent tryouts and monitoring potential 2004 ................ LSU // Graduate Assistant 2005-07 ........... Baltimore Ravens // Player Personnel Assistant trade and waiver transactions. 2008 ................ Baltimore Ravens // Coaching Assistant Prior to joining the Ravens, Anderson was as a graduate 2009-11 ............ Baltimore Ravens // Defensive Assistant assistant with Louisiana State University during the 2004 2012-15 ............. Indianapolis Colts // Safeties season. Anderson began his coaching career as a graduate 2016 ................. San Francisco 49ers // Safeties 2017-18 ..............Chicago Bears // Assistant Defensive Backs assistant with Florida A&M University working with the 2019 ..................LSU Tigers // Lead Defensive Analyst quarterbacks in 2002. The following season, he served as a 2020- ................Minnesota Vikings // Assistant Defensive Backs.