Bob Sanders (American football coach)

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Bob Sanders
Current position
Title Linebackers coach
Team Arizona Cardinals
Personal information
Date of birth (1953-12-05) December 5, 1953 (age 70)
Place of birth Jacksonville, North Carolina
Career information
College Davidson College
Team(s) as a coach/administrator
1978 Georgia Tech (part-time coach)
1980–1982 East Carolina (defensive line/ linebackers)
1983–1984 Richmond (linebackers)
1985–1988 Duke (outside linebackers/ defensive ends)
1989 Duke (co-defensive coordinator/ outside linebackers)
1990 Florida (defensive ends)
1991–1993 Florida (asst. def. coord./ banditbacks/ gatorbacks)
1994–1997 Florida (asst. def. coord./ defensive ends)
1998 Florida (asst. def. coord./ defensive ends/ strong-side linebackers)
1999 Florida (asst. head. coach/ defensive ends/ strong-side linebackers)
2000 Florida (asst. def. coord./ linebackers)
2001–2004 Miami Dolphins (linebackers)
2005 Green Bay Packers (defensive ends)
2006–2008 Green Bay Packers (def. coord.)
2009 Buffalo Bills (defensive line)
2010–2011 Buffalo Bills (outside linebackers)
2012 Buffalo Bills (linebackers)
2013–2014 Oakland Raiders (linebackers)
2015–present Arizona Cardinals (linebackers)

Bob Sanders is an American football coach, and most recently the linebackers coach for the Oakland Raiders. He previously coached for Buffalo Bills from 2009-2012 after coaching for four years with the Green Bay Packers, four years with the Miami Dolphins, and after 11 years with the Florida Gators. He was let go by the Green Bay 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 under veteran defensive coordinator Jim Bates for 5 years, from 2001-2004 at Miami coaching linebackers, and in 2005, as defensive ends coach in Green Bay.

On February 2, 2015, it was announced that Bob Sanders has been hired as the Linebackers Coach with the Arizona Cardinals.

References

  1. ↑ Green Bay Packers Fire Six Coaches ESPN.com, January 5, 2009
  2. ↑ Bills Hire Sanders for D-line Buffalonews.com, January 29, 2009
  3. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.

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Preceded by Green Bay Packers Defensive Coordinators
2006-2008		 Succeeded by
Dom Capers


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