Mike Sanford
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| Mike Sanford | ||
|---|---|---|
| Title | Head Coach | |
| Sport | Football | |
| Team Record | 4-19 | |
| Born | April 20, 1955 | |
| Career Highlights | ||
| Overall | 4-19 | |
| Coaching Stats | ||
| College Football DataWarehouse | ||
| School as a player | ||
| 1973-76 | Southern California | |
| Position | Quarterback | |
| Coaching positions | ||
| 2005-Present | UNLV | |
Mike Sanford (Born April 20, 1955) is the head football coach at University of Nevada at Las Vegas. He is a graduate of the University of Southern California, where he played quarterback for the Trojans from 1973-1976.
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[edit] Assistant Coaching Career
Sanford began his coaching career as a graduate assistant at USC in 1977. Since then, he has served as an assistant coach for numerous teams in the collegiate and professional ranks, including San Diego City College, The U.S. Military Academy, Virginia Military Institute, Long Beach State, Purdue, USC, Notre Dame, the San Diego Chargers and Stanford. In 2003 Urban Meyer hired Sanford as his offensive coordinator at Utah. That year, the Utes won the Mountain West Conference Championship and won the Liberty Bowl. The next year, the Utes repeated as conference champs and finished the season 12-0, including a win over Pittsburgh in the Fiesta Bowl. Sanford's offense averaged 45.3 points a game, and quarterback Alex Smith was MWC Player of the Year as well as a finalist for the Heisman Trophy. The following spring, Smith was the first overall pick in the 2005 NFL Draft, selected by the San Francisco 49ers.
[edit] UNLV
On December 6, 2004, UNLV hired Sanford as the school's ninth head coach, taking over for the legendary John Robinson. Because of his success as an assistant coach, it was hoped that Sanford would reverse the fortunes of the long-suffering Rebels' program. However, his first two years at the helm have produced just four total wins.
[edit] Head Coaching Record
| TEAM | YEAR | WINS | LOSSES | Bowl Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| UNLV | 2005 | 2 | 9 | |
| UNLV | 2006 | 2 | 10 | |
| CAREER TOTAL | 2 years | 4 | 19 |
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| Preceded by John Robinson |
UNLV Head Football Coach 2005–Present |
Succeeded by Current |
| Mountain West Conference Head Football Coaches |
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| Troy Calhoun (Air Force) • Bronco Mendenhall (BYU) • Sonny Lubick (CSU) • Rocky Long (New Mexico) • Chuck Long (SDSU) • Gary Patterson (TCU) • Mike Sanford (UNLV) • Kyle Whittingham (Utah) • Joe Glenn (Wyoming) |
Categories: UNLV Rebels football coaches | Mountain West Conference head football coaches | 1955 births | Living people | Army Black Knights football coaches | Notre Dame Fighting Irish football coaches | Purdue Boilermakers football coaches | USC Trojans football coaches | USC Trojans football players | Utah Utes football coaches
