David Saunders (American football coach)
| Sport(s) | Football |
|---|---|
| Biographical details | |
| Born |
April 6, 1958 Douglasville, Georgia |
| 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 |
| 2006 | Ole Miss (LB) |
| 2010 | Ole Miss (ath. dept.) |
| 2011–2014 | Louisiana–Lafayette (CB) |
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.
Assistant coach
Saunders is an alumnus of Auburn University.
His first college coaching job was from 1984-1989 as defensive backs and wide receivers coach and recruiting coordinator at Jacksonville State University.
From 1990 to 1992 he was defensive line coach at Georgia Southern, where in 1990 they won a Division I-AA National Championship.
1993 to 1994 Saunders was defensive coordinator and defensive backs coach at Nicholls State University.
1995 Coach Saunders was at Baylor University as "Safties Coach".
For 1996-1997, he was defensive backs coach and recruiting coordinator at Arkansas State University.
Then in 1998 he spent the football season at the University of Tennessee working with on campus recruiting.
1999-2002 Saunders was hired as assistant to the athletics director for recruiting and coordinator of high school and community college relations at OLE MISS.
Saunders returned to OLE MISS to become linebackers coach for the 2006 season.
Then in 2010 he returned for a third time to OLE MISS as administrative operations coordinator.
From 2011-2014 "Sarge" was defensive backs coach at the University of Louisiana Lafayette.
David has coached over 20 future NFL players, many of whom he recruited.
Saunders was once named one of the nation's top nine recruiters by ESPN.com's Tom Lemming.
Head coach
Saunders was named head football coach at Millsaps College in Jackson, Mississippi in 2003 and held the position through the 2005 season.