David Saunders

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.

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.

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. From 1990 to 1992 he was defensive line coach at Georgia Southern, where the 1990 team won the Division I-AA National Championship. In 1995, Saunders moved to Baylor University as safeties coach. In 2006, he returned to Ole Miss as linebackers coach. Almost a year after his departure, the NCAA announced that the Ragin' Cajuns were under investigation due to severe recruiting violations committed by Saunders.

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.

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