Mike Sanders (basketball)

Mike Sanders
	Fort Wayne Mad Ants (assistant)
2012–2014	Utah Jazz (assistant)
Career highlights and awards
	CBA All-Defensive Second Team (1983); CBA Rookie of the Year (1982); 2× First-team All-Pac-10 (1981, 1982); Third-team Parade All-American (1978);
Career NBA statistics
Points	5,162 (8.0 ppg)
Rebounds	1,927 (3.0 rpg)
Assists	880 (1.4 apg)
	Stats at NBA.com
	Stats at Basketball-Reference.com

Michael Anthony Sanders (born May 7, 1960 Vidalia, Louisiana) is an American retired professional basketball player who played primarily as a small forward. He was drafted by the Kansas City Kings in the 4th round (5th pick) and was the 74th overall pick in the1982 NBA Draft.^[1] He is a former assistant coach for the Utah Jazz of the National Basketball Association (NBA).^[2] Prior to being an assistant coach for Tyrone Corbin, Sanders was the team's director of player development.

Playing career

Born in

Kansas City Kings with the 74th overall pick of the 1982 NBA draft after the close of his college career at UCLA. Over the course of 11 NBA seasons, Sanders averaged eight points and three rebounds per game. He played for the San Antonio Spurs, Phoenix Suns, Cleveland Cavaliers and Indiana Pacers

during this time.

Early in his career, Sanders played parts of two seasons in the Continental Basketball Association (CBA) for the Montana Golden Nuggets and Sarasota Stingers. He averaged 23.3 points and 8.9 rebounds in 37 career games in the league, earning All-Defensive second team honors in 1983.^[3]