Bill Sanders

Biography

Bill Sanders joined Florida Atlantic University as the head athletic trainer for the football program in spring 2022. Sanders arrives to Paradise after spending the past eight years at UCF. Most recently, Sanders served as an assistant athletic trainer for football and women's golf for five seasons. He was responsible for injury prevention, evaluation, treatment and rehabilitation for student-athletes, among other duties. Prior to the past five years, Sanders was the athletic trainer for the women's basketball team during the 2016-17 season. Before being hired in a full-time capacity at UCF, Sanders was a graduate assistant athletic trainer for two seasons with the Knights. The graduate assistantship came after working as an undergraduate athletic training intern for the Northwestern football program. Sanders obtained a Bachelor of Science in athletic training from the University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee in Dec. 2013. He received his Master of Science in Sport and Exercise Science with an emphasis in Sport Nutrition from UCF in May 2016. Sanders is a NATA, SEATA and ATAF member, as well as a Board Certified Athletic Trainer.