Upcoming Event: Men's Basketball at Baylor on October 10, 2025 at 2 p.m. (MST)
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Grand Canyon University Athletics
Men's Basketball
Boone, Anthony
Anthony Boone
- Title:
- Assistant Coach
- Email:
- Anthony.Boone@gcu.edu
- Phone:
- 602-639-6826
Anthony Boone is in his fourth season as a GCU assistant men's basketball coach.
Boone arrived at GCU as a full-time assistant after 10 years of coaching at the Division I level and an outstanding playing career at the University of Mississippi that saw the school retire his uniform number. He was a graduate assistant coach at Ole Miss, then an assistant coach for three seasons at Murray State and six seasons at Jackson State. As a player for Ole Miss, where Rob Evans was the head coach and Russ Pennell his top assistant, Boone led the Rebels to back-to-back 20-win seasons for the first time in 60 years. He was a senior on the team that lost in the 1998 NCAA tournament to Valparaiso on a memorable last-second shot.
Despite undergoing four knee surgeries, Boone started 79 of 94 games at Ole Miss. Even with relatively modest career averages of 7.2 points and 4.8 rebounds, his inspirational play was recognized by the retirement of his number (41) — only the second student-athlete to be so honored by the school. (Quarterback Archie Manning, the father of NFL quarterback Peyton Manning, was the first.) After his senior season, Boone was one of seven finalists for the Chip Hilton Award, given annually by the Basketball Hall of Fame to a player who demonstrates character on and off the court. He is a member of the Ole Miss Hall of Fame and twice was selected for the Southeastern Conference Academic Honor Roll.
Boone has a bachelor’s degree in chemical engineering and a master’s in mathematics, both from Ole Miss. He was class salutatorian at Central High School in West Helena, Ark., where he was an all-state athlete. At GCU, he works primarily with the team’s big men. He and his wife, Jennifer, have a daughter, Rebecca.
Boone arrived at GCU as a full-time assistant after 10 years of coaching at the Division I level and an outstanding playing career at the University of Mississippi that saw the school retire his uniform number. He was a graduate assistant coach at Ole Miss, then an assistant coach for three seasons at Murray State and six seasons at Jackson State. As a player for Ole Miss, where Rob Evans was the head coach and Russ Pennell his top assistant, Boone led the Rebels to back-to-back 20-win seasons for the first time in 60 years. He was a senior on the team that lost in the 1998 NCAA tournament to Valparaiso on a memorable last-second shot.
Despite undergoing four knee surgeries, Boone started 79 of 94 games at Ole Miss. Even with relatively modest career averages of 7.2 points and 4.8 rebounds, his inspirational play was recognized by the retirement of his number (41) — only the second student-athlete to be so honored by the school. (Quarterback Archie Manning, the father of NFL quarterback Peyton Manning, was the first.) After his senior season, Boone was one of seven finalists for the Chip Hilton Award, given annually by the Basketball Hall of Fame to a player who demonstrates character on and off the court. He is a member of the Ole Miss Hall of Fame and twice was selected for the Southeastern Conference Academic Honor Roll.
Boone has a bachelor’s degree in chemical engineering and a master’s in mathematics, both from Ole Miss. He was class salutatorian at Central High School in West Helena, Ark., where he was an all-state athlete. At GCU, he works primarily with the team’s big men. He and his wife, Jennifer, have a daughter, Rebecca.
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