Randy Sanders Retires

[VolInNW]

The father of the ever-present and always tricky bubble screen on 2nd down and the 5 yard out pattern on 3rd and 8 has decided to step down at ETSU.

All joking aside, Sanders became a decent coach later in his career, but his time at UT as OC was B-R-U-T-A-L to watch.

 

[SpecialKVolfan]

Enjoy Coach!!

 

[DeepSpringsVol]

People often say I wanted to leave the place better than I found it. This absolutely happened with Coach Sanders. Someone is inheriting a program on solid ground.

 

[Mose Phillip's Watch]

Fulmer Chavis Cutcliff & Sanders tight as brothers. Probably all going to do lots of stuff together with their pal Thunder Thornton

 

[RDU VOL#14]

The father of the ever-present and always tricky bubble screen on 2nd down and the 5 yard out pattern on 3rd and 8 has decided to step down at ETSU.

All joking aside, Sanders became a decent coach later in his career, but his time at UT as OC was B-R-U-T-A-L to watch.

I agree that he mostly underachieved as OC, but I will always stick up for Phil and Randy for what they did in 2004. That was a helluva coaching job. Probably the best job either guy ever did.

 

[05_never_again]

I agree that he mostly underachieved as OC, but I will always stick up for Phil and Randy for what they did in 2004. That was a helluva coaching job. Probably the best job either guy ever did.

Which makes the 2005 season even more of a head-scratcher. They brought back basically everybody from that 2004 team, which was one of Phil's rare teams that probably overachieved.

They might have been an Erik Ainge injury away from beating Auburn in the SECCG that game that year...never know. That injury might have changed the course of Ainge's entire life...

 

[RDU VOL#14]

Which makes the 2005 season even more of a head-scratcher. They brought back basically everybody from that 2004 team, which was one of Phil's rare teams that probably overachieved.

They might have been an Erik Ainge injury away from beating Auburn in the SECCG that game that year...never know. That injury might have changed the course of Ainge's entire life...

As good of a job as they did managing all 3 QB’s in 2004, they did a worse job in 2005. We were good QB play away from being very good. Our defense was nasty that season.

 

[feathersax]

Fulmer Chavis Cutcliff & Sanders tight as brothers. Probably all going to do lots of stuff together with their pal Thunder Thornton

Recall reading that Randy was an avid hunter-fisherman. Good dude.

 

[Vol Farmer]

Had a couple of beers with him after the win at Legion Field at the Hyatt in Birmingham. Class act. Wish him a Happy Retirement

 

[VolInNW]

I agree that he mostly underachieved as OC, but I will always stick up for Phil and Randy for what they did in 2004. That was a helluva coaching job. Probably the best job either guy ever did.

I'll push back a little in that I think he was doing his best, he was just promoted into a job he was in no way ready for. He retires a decent coach and good person, but the decision to put him in as OC started the long slide of Fulmer. The fact Fulmer kept him in place is much more an indictment of Fulmer's personality and ego than anything that is Sanders' fault.