Bob Sanders (American football coach)

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Bob Sanders
Personal information
Born: (1953-12-05) December 5, 1953 (age 68)
Jacksonville, North Carolina
Career information
College:Davidson
Career history
As a coach:

Bob Sanders is an American football coach. He was previously the defensive coordinator for the Orlando Apollos of the Alliance of American Football (AAF). He coached the Buffalo Bills from 2009 to 2012 after coaching for four years with the Green Bay Packers, four years with the Miami Dolphins and 11 years at the University of Florida. He was let go by the Packers following the 2008 season.[1]

Sanders was hired on January 29, 2009, by the Buffalo Bills as defensive line coach.[2] He was dismissed, along with the entire Bills coaching staff on December 31, 2012.[3] Sanders worked under Steve Spurrier for 11 years at Florida. He also worked at Miami under the veteran defensive coordinator Jim Bates for five years, from 2001 to 2004 coaching linebackers and, in 2005, as defensive ends coach in Green Bay.

On February 2, 2015, it was announced that Sanders had been hired as the linebackers coach with the Arizona Cardinals.

In 2019, Sanders reunited with Spurrier as the defensive coordinator of the Apollos.[4]

References[]

  1. ^ "Green Bay Packers Fire Six Coaches". ESPN. January 5, 2009.
  2. ^ "Bills Hire Sanders for D-line". The Buffalo News. January 29, 2009.
  3. ^ Gaughan, Mark (31 December 2012). "Bills make it official: Gailey is fired". The Buffalo News. Archived from the original on 2 January 2013. Retrieved 31 December 2012.
  4. ^ "The Orlando Apollos of the Alliance of American Football Announce Full Coaching Staff". Alliance of American Football. December 10, 2018. Archived from the original on January 8, 2019. Retrieved January 7, 2019.

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