Kayla Anderson is a relational coach, just like her new boss, Brian Holsinger. But while the head coach bases his ties to his players on close personal connection, Anderson can go one step further. There isn’t a player out there who Montana’s newest assistant coach can’t identify with.
She’s seen the highs, starting a game in the NCAA tournament against eventual national champion Stanford in 2021 while playing at Utah Valley, but it’s been the lows that allow her to meet just about any player where they happen to be on any given day.
Anderson suffered her first catastrophic knee injury as a sophomore in high school, then had her other knee betray her as a senior…