David Anderson - Head Baseball Coach Watertown Rapids & Assistant Coach Cornell

David Anderson is the head coach for the Watertown Rapids.  He is also an assistant coach for Cornell University. The Watertown Rapids is a summer baseball team in the Perfect Game Collegiate League and is located in Watertown, New York.

Anderson joined Cornell University Baseball -Big Red- in Fall 2017 as a volunteer assistant coach. After a four-year career at Muhlenberg, he returned to his alma mater as pitching coach for the 2016 season.

Anderson was one of the Mules' top starting pitchers for his final three seasons. As a junior, he won three games and compiled a staff-leading 3.14 ERA for a team that qualified for the Centennial Conference playoffs. Anderson served as a team captain during his senior season and led the team in innings pitched and strikeouts while recording two wins and a save. In between his junior and senior seasons, he was a first-team all-league selection and a New York Collegiate Baseball League all-star with the Geneva Twins, going 9-0 with a 1.03 ERA over 60 innings.

Between playing and coaching at Muhlenberg, Anderson played professionally in independent leagues with the Newburgh Newts, Bridgeport Bluefish and New Jersey Jackals.

A native of Syracuse, N.Y., Anderson graduated from Muhlenberg in 2015 with a double major in business administration and media & communication.