Coaches

Mike Sanford Sr.

His career from Wikipedia, each job checked against the team-season pages (✓ = a second source agrees, ≠ = they disagree)

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Mike Sanford Sr.

Played at USC 1973-1976

Source: Wikipedia, read 2026-10-26

Years	Team	Role	Title	Head coach
1977	USC	GA	GA	John Robinson
1978	San Diego City	DC	DC	not known
1979-1980	Army	Position	WR/TE	not known
1981-1982	VMI	Position	QB/WR/TE	not known
1983-1984	Long Beach State	Position	QB/WR	not known
1985-1986	Long Beach State	OC	OC	not known
1987-1988	Purdue	Position	QB	not known
1989-1996	USC	Position	WR	Larry Smith (1989-1992), John Robinson (1993-1996)
1997-1998	Notre Dame	Position	QB	Bob Davie
1999-2001	San Diego Chargers (pro)	Position	WR	not known
2002	Stanford	OC	OC/QB	Buddy Teevens
2003-2004	Utah	OC	OC/RB	Urban Meyer
2005-2009	UNLV	Head coach	Head coach✓	himself
2010-2011	Louisville	OC	AHC/OC/TE✓	Charlie Strong
2012	Utah State	Position	AHC/RB/TE	Gary Andersen
2013-2016	Indiana State	Head coach	Head coach	himself
2017-2018	Western Kentucky	ST coord.	RB/ST	Mike Sanford Jr.
2019	Utah State	Analyst	consultant	Gary Andersen
2020-	Faith Lutheran HS (NV) (HS)	Head coach	Head coach	himself

Record

Confirmed coordinator seasons since 2005. FBS rankings

Season	Team	Job	EPA/play	Points/poss.	Success	Year before	Teams
2010	Louisville	Offensive coordinator	69	59	65	72	120
2011	Louisville	Offensive coordinator	66	92	80	69	120

Season	Head coach at	Record	AP before → after	Off EPA/play	Def EPA/play	SP+	Team year before	Teams
2005	UNLV	2-9	- → -	67	67	-15.3	18% wins	119
2006	UNLV	2-10	- → -	94	68	-14.5	18% wins	119
2007	UNLV	2-10	- → -	66	71	-13.5	17% wins	119
2008	UNLV	5-7	- → -	51	109	-12.4	17% wins	120
2009	UNLV	5-7	- → -	74	120	-11.5	42% wins	120

Season	Head coach below FBS	Level	Record
2013	Indiana State	FCS	1-11
2014	Indiana State	FCS	8-6
2015	Indiana State	FCS	5-6
2016	Indiana State	FCS	4-7

Worked under

John Robinson · USC 1977-1996 (GA, Position)
Larry Smith · USC 1989-1992 (Position)
Bob Davie · Notre Dame 1997-1998 (Position)
Buddy Teevens · Stanford 2002 (OC, Position)
Urban Meyer · Utah 2003-2004 (OC, Position)
Charlie Strong · Louisville 2010-2011 (OC, Other, Position)
Gary Andersen · Utah State 2012-2019 (Analyst, Other, Position)
Mike Sanford Jr. · Western Kentucky 2017-2018 (Position, ST coord.)

His tree

Coaches who were on his staffs

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On his staffs · 8

Kurt Barber · UNLV 2005-2007 (DC, Position, ST coord.)
Mike Sanford Jr. · UNLV 2005-2006 (GA)
Noah Brindise · UNLV 2005-2006 (OC)
Vic Shealy · UNLV 2005-2008 (DC)
Dennis Therrell · UNLV 2007-2009 (DC, Position)
Todd Berry · UNLV 2007-2009 (OC, Other, Position)
Andre Patterson · UNLV 2008-2009 (Other, Position)
Jed Stugart · UNLV 2009 (Position)

Level 2: on their staffs · 13

Steve Farmer · UL Monroe 2010-2015 (OC) · under Todd Berry
Troy Reffett · UL Monroe 2010-2014 (DC) · under Todd Berry
John Mumford · UL Monroe 2014-2015 (Position) · under Todd Berry
Adam Waugh · UL Monroe 2015 (DC) · under Todd Berry
Travis Niekamp · UL Monroe 2015 (DC) · under Todd Berry
Clayton White · Western Kentucky 2017-2018 (DC, Position) · under Mike Sanford Jr.
Junior Adams · Western Kentucky 2017-2018 (OC, Position) · under Mike Sanford Jr.
Maurice Crum Jr. · Western Kentucky 2017-2018 (Position) · under Mike Sanford Jr.
Steve Spurrier Jr. · Western Kentucky 2017 (Other, Position) · under Mike Sanford Jr.
Brian Cabral · Colorado 2022 (Position) · under Mike Sanford Jr.
Chris Wilson · Colorado 2022 (DC, Position) · under Mike Sanford Jr.
Clay Patterson · Colorado 2022 (OC, Position) · under Mike Sanford Jr.
Gerald Chatman · Colorado 2022 (DC) · under Mike Sanford Jr.

Coached together

Bob Toledo · USC 1977 · him GA, them Position
Marvin Lewis · Long Beach State 1985-1986 · him OC, them Position
Brian Cabral · Purdue 1987-1988 · him Position, them Position
Phil Bennett · Purdue 1987-1988 · him Position, them DC
Kevin Wolthausen · USC 1989-1992 · him Position, them Position
Clancy Pendergast · USC 1992 · him Position, them GA
Dennis Thurman · USC 1993-1996 · him Position, them Position
Keith Burns · USC 1993 · him Position, them Position
Mike Riley · USC 1993-1996 · him Position, them OC, Other, Position
Del Alexander · USC 1996 · him Position, them GA
Mark Banker · USC 1996 · him Position, them Other
Bob Davie · Notre Dame 1997-1998 · him Position, them Head coach
Charlie Strong · Notre Dame 1997-1998 · him Position, them Position
Greg Mattison · Notre Dame 1997-1998 · him Position, them DC
Jay Sawvel* · Notre Dame 1997-1998 · him Position, them GA
Urban Meyer · Notre Dame 1997-1998 · him Position, them Position
Buddy Teevens · Stanford 2002 · him OC, Position, them Head coach
Mark Banker · Stanford 2002 · him OC, Position, them Other
Bill Busch · Utah 2003 · him OC, Position, them Position
Billy Gonzales · Utah 2003-2004 · him OC, Position, them Position, ST coord.
Dan Mullen* · Utah 2003-2004 · him OC, Position, them Position
Jay Hill · Utah 2003 · him OC, Position, them GA
John Hevesy · Utah 2003-2004 · him OC, Position, them Position
Kurt Barber · Utah 2003-2004 · him OC, Position, them Position
Kyle Whittingham* · Utah 2003-2004 · him OC, Position, them DC, Position
Urban Meyer · Utah 2003-2004 · him OC, Position, them Head coach
Chuck Heater · Utah 2004 · him OC, Position, them Other, Position
Gary Andersen · Utah 2004 · him OC, Position, them Position
Kurt Barber · UNLV 2005-2007 · him Head coach, them DC, Position, ST coord.
Mike Sanford Jr. · UNLV 2005-2006 · him Head coach, them GA
Noah Brindise · UNLV 2005-2006 · him Head coach, them OC
Vic Shealy · UNLV 2005-2008 · him Head coach, them DC
Dennis Therrell · UNLV 2007-2009 · him Head coach, them DC, Position
Todd Berry · UNLV 2007-2009 · him Head coach, them OC, Other, Position
Andre Patterson · UNLV 2008-2009 · him Head coach, them Other, Position
Jed Stugart · UNLV 2009 · him Head coach, them Position
Charlie Strong · Louisville 2010-2011 · him OC, Other, Position, them Head coach
Mike Groh · Louisville 2010 · him OC, Other, Position, them Position
Ron Dugans · Louisville 2010-2011 · him OC, Other, Position, them Position
Sherrone Moore · Louisville 2010-2011 · him OC, Other, Position, them GA
Tommy Restivo · Louisville 2010-2011 · him OC, Other, Position, them Analyst
Vance Bedford · Louisville 2010-2011 · him OC, Other, Position, them DC
Justin Burke · Louisville 2011 · him OC, Other, Position, them GA
Shawn Watson · Louisville 2011 · him OC, Other, Position, them OC, Position
Bill Busch · Utah State 2012 · him Other, Position, them Position, ST coord.
Dave Aranda* · Utah State 2012 · him Other, Position, them DC
Frank Maile · Utah State 2012-2019 · him Analyst, Other, Position, them Other, Position
Gary Andersen · Utah State 2012-2019 · him Analyst, Other, Position, them Head coach
Matt Wells · Utah State 2012 · him Other, Position, them OC, Position
Brian Cabral · Indiana State 2013-2016 · him Head coach, them DC, Other, Position
Mike Lucas · Indiana State 2013 · him Head coach, them Position
Jeff Mills · Indiana State 2014 · him Head coach, them Position
Maurice Crum Jr. · Indiana State 2016 · him Head coach, them Position
Clayton White · Western Kentucky 2017-2018 · him Position, ST coord., them DC, Position
Junior Adams · Western Kentucky 2017-2018 · him Position, ST coord., them OC, Position
Maurice Crum Jr. · Western Kentucky 2017-2018 · him Position, ST coord., them Position
Mike Sanford Jr. · Western Kentucky 2017-2018 · him Position, ST coord., them Head coach
Steve Spurrier Jr. · Western Kentucky 2017 · him Position, ST coord., them Other, Position
Eric Raisbeck · Utah State 2019 · him Analyst, them Other
Justin Ena · Utah State 2019 · him Analyst, them DC, Position
Mike Sanford Jr. · Utah State 2019 · him Analyst, them OC, Position
Stacy Collins · Utah State 2019 · him Analyst, them Position, ST coord.

Played together

Dennis Thurman · USC 1974-1976