Bob Sanders (born December 5, 1953) is an American football coach. He was previously the

defensive coordinator A defensive coordinator is a coach responsible for a gridiron football (American football) team's defense. Generally, the defensive coordinator, the offensive coordinator and the special teams coordinator represent the second level of a team's c ...

for the Orlando Apollos of the

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(AAF). He coached the

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from 2009 to 2012 after coaching for four years with the

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, four years with the Miami Dolphins and 11 years at the University of Florida. He was let go by the Packers following the 2008 season. Sanders was hired on January 29, 2009, by the

as defensive line coach. He was dismissed, along with the entire Bills coaching staff on December 31, 2012. Sanders worked under

Steve Spurrier Stephen Orr Spurrier (born April 20, 1945) is an American former American football, football quarterback and coach who played in the National Football League (NFL) for 10 seasons before coaching for 38 years, primarily in college. He is often ...

for 11 years at Florida. He also worked at Miami under the veteran defensive coordinator Jim Bates for five years, from 2001 to 2004 coaching linebackers and, in 2005, as defensive ends coach in Green Bay. On February 2, 2015, it was announced that Sanders had been hired as the linebackers coach with the

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. In 2019, Sanders reunited with Spurrier as the defensive coordinator of the Apollos. On March 1, 2022, Sanders reunited with Arians as the outside linebackers coach for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.

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