Coaches at a Glance: Saunders
Thursday, March 27, 2008
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Name: Al Saunders
Position:
Offensive Coordinator
College:San Jose
State
Years in
NFL: 26
Years with Rams: 3
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Returns to the Rams as offensive coordinator after two seasons as
the associate head coach-offense in
Washington (2006-2007).
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Was associate head coach/wide receivers with the Rams from
1999-2000, a member of the Super Bowl XXXIV Championship team.
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Prior to joining the Redskins in 2006, spent five seasons as the
assistant head coach/offensive coordinator for the Kansas City Chiefs
(2001-2005).
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Prior to his stint with the Rams, spent 10 seasons the assistant
head coach/wide receivers for the Kansas City Chiefs (1989-1998).
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First NFL coaching job was with the San Diego Chargers as wide
receivers coach (1983-1986) and was promoted to head coach from 1986-1988.
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Broke into coaching as a graduate assistant with the
University of Southern California (1970-1971).
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Had several collegiate coaching stops before entering the NFL
including coaching wide receivers at the
University of
Missouri (1972) and offensive
coordinator positions with the
University of
California (1976-1981) and the
University of
Tennessee (1982).
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A native of
London,
England
, he became one of
only four foreign-born head coaches in the NFL when he was named head coach of
the San Diego Chargers in 1986.
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An accomplished distance runner, he has competed in several
marathons including the 100th running of the
Boston Marathon in 1996.
- He and his wife, Karen, have three
children, sons Robert and Joseph, and daughter Korrin.
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