Doc Sadler

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Doc Sadler
Title	Head coach
College	University of Nebraska
Sport	Men's basketball
Team Record	17-14 (54%)
Born	June 12, 1960(Age 46)
Place of birth	Greenwood, Arkansas
Career Highlights
Overall	65-32 (67%)
Coaching positions
2006-present 2004-2006	Nebraska UTEP

Doc Sadler is the head men's basketball coach at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln. He was hired on August 8, 2006 to take over for former coach Barry Collier, who left to become athletic director at Butler University.

Sadler was previously the coach at the University of Texas at El Paso, where he led his team to a 48-18 record and 2 postseason appearances in his 2 seasons at the helm.

At Nebraska, Sadler inherited a team that had been relegated to the middle of the pack in the Big 12 Conference for several seasons, after former coach Danny Nee led the team to four NCAA tournament appearances and an NIT title in the 1990s.

Sadler has already secured three recruits for the 2007-2008 season during his short tenure as coach - forward Alonzo Edwards from Texas, junior college forward Alex Chapman, and junior college forward and Chinese sensation Shang Ping of Illinois Central College.

Sadler received his undergraduate degree from the University of Arkansas, where he was a student manager under legendary coach Eddie Sutton.

Preceded by Billy Gillispie	UTEP Men's Basketball Head Coach 2004 – 2006	Succeeded by Tony Barbee
Preceded by Barry Collier	Nebraska Men's Basketball Head Coach 2006 –	Succeeded by incumbent