Jarrod Sanders started as a graduate assistant coach working with the secondary in January 2023. Sanders spent the last three seasons working in the Kansas Jayhawk Community College Conference.
Sanders is a native of Flomation, Alabama and spent the 2022 season at Coffeyville CC working with the defensive backs. He spent the two previous seasons as an assistant coach at Hutchinson CC.
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Sanders played defensive back at Hutchinson CC, helping the Bluedragons win their first Jayhawk Conference championship in 2014. He was a two-year starter in 2014 and 2015. As a freshman, Sanders accounted for 42 tackles, three interceptions, a fumble recovery, and two passes broken up. As a sophomore, Sanders had 55 total tackles, one interception and one pass broken up.
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Sanders moved onto Texas A&M-Kingsville. Sanders was a second-team Lone Star Conference performer in 2016 with 39 tackles, two tackles for loss, one quarterback sack, two interceptions – one of those returned for a touchdown – and 12 passes broken up.Â
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During his first year of coaching, Sanders helped the 2020-21 Blue Dragons win the school’s first NJCAA Football national championship after an 8-0 season. Sanders’ position group produced the Jayhawk Conference and NJCAA National Defensive Player of the Year in cornerback Roterius Torrence, five all-conference selections, and All-American Deonte Stanley.Â
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During his second season of coaching, Sanders helped the Blue Dragons earn back-to-back Jayhawk Conference Titles finishing the season with a 9-2 record. During his time at Hutchinson Sanders' position group has produced nine Division I players with five of them going Power Five.Â
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