David Saunders (American football coach)

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David Saunders
Biographical details
Born (1958-04-06) April 6, 1958 (age 66)
Douglasville, Georgia, U.S.
Alma mater Auburn University
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1984–1989 Jacksonville State (DB/WR/RC)
1990–1992 Georgia Southern (DL)
1993–1994 Nicholls State (DC/DB)
1995 Baylor (DB)
1996–1997 Arkansas State (DB/RC)
1998 Tennessee (RC)
1998–2002 Ole Miss (RC)
2003–2005 Millsaps
2006Ole Miss (LB)
2010Ole Miss (ath. dept.)
2011–2014 Louisiana–Lafayette (CB)
2015 Pearl River (DB/ST)
2016Pearl River
Head coaching record
Overall7–21 (college)
2–7 (junior college)

David "Sarge" Saunders (born April 6, 1958) is an American football coach and educator. He served as the head football coach at Millsaps College from 2003 to 2005 and Pearl River Community College in 2016. [1] [2]

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Saunders was once named one of the nation's top nine recruiters by ESPN.com's Tom Lemming. During his coaching career, Saunders coached over 20 future National Football League (NFL) players.

Head coaching career

Saunders was named head football coach at Millsaps College in Jackson, Mississippi in 2003 and held the position through the 2005 season. [1] He had an overall record of 7–21 and a 5–13 conference record in the Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference.

Saunders had a 2–7 record in his one season as head coach at Pearl River Community College in 2016. [2]

Assistant coaching career

Saunders first college coaching job was at Jacksonville State University from 1984 to 1989 as defensive backs coach, wide receivers coach and recruiting coordinator. [3] From 1990 to 1992 he was defensive line coach at Georgia Southern, where the 1990 team won the Division I-AA National Championship. [3]

From 1993 to 1994 Saunders was defensive coordinator and defensive backs coach at Nicholls State University. [4] In 1995, Saunders moved to Baylor University as safeties coach. [3]

During the 1996a and 1997 seasons, Saunders was defensive backs coach and recruiting coordinator at Arkansas State University. [3] In 1998, he spent the football season at the University of Tennessee working as an on-campus recruiting coordinator. [3]

From 1999 to 2002, Saunders was an assistant to the athletics director for recruiting and coordinator of high school and community college relations at Ole Miss. [5] In 2006, he returned to Ole Miss as linebackers coach. [5] Saunders again returned to Ole Miss for a third time as administrative operations coordinator in 2010.

From 2011 to 2014, he was defensive backs coach at the University of Louisiana–Lafayette. [3]

In 2015, Saunders was defensive backs coach and special teams coordinator at Pearl River Community College.

Personal life

Saunders is an alumnus of Auburn University.

Head coaching record

College

YearTeamOverallConferenceStandingBowl/playoffs
Millsaps Majors (Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference)(2003–2005)
2003 Millsaps1–91–56th
2004 Millsaps4–53–3T–3rd
2005 Millsaps2–71–56th
Millsaps:7–215–13
Total:7–21

Junior college

YearTeamOverallConferenceStandingBowl/playoffs
Pearl River Wildcats (Mississippi Association of Community and Junior Colleges)(2016)
2016 Pearl River2–72–44th (South)
Pearl River:2–72–4
Total:2–7

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