Mike Sanford Jr.
Sanford at 2018 C-USA Kickoff | |
| Current position | |
|---|---|
| Title | Head coach |
| Team | Valor Christian HS (CO) |
| Record | 0–0 |
| Biographical details | |
| Born | February 4, 1982 Lexington, Virginia, U.S. |
| Playing career | |
| 2000–2004 | Boise State |
| Position(s) | Quarterback |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 2005–2006 | UNLV (GA) |
| 2007–2008 | Stanford (OA) |
| 2009 | Yale (RC/TE/FB) |
| 2010 | Western Kentucky (QB) |
| 2011 | Stanford (RB) |
| 2012 | Stanford (RC/RB) |
| 2013 | Stanford (RC/QB/WR) |
| 2014 | Boise State (OC/QB) |
| 2015–2016 | Notre Dame (OC/QB) |
| 2017–2018 | Western Kentucky |
| 2019 | Utah State (OC/QB) |
| 2020–2021 | Minnesota (OC/QB) |
| 2022 | Colorado (OC/QB) |
| 2022 | Colorado (interim HC) |
| 2025–present | Valor Christian HS (CO) |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 10–16 (college) |
| Bowls | 0–1 |
Michael Gunnar William Sanford (born February 4, 1982) is an American football coach and former quarterback. He is the current head coach of Valor Christian High School in Highlands Ranch, Colorado and was the former interim head coach for the Colorado Buffaloes. He played college football at Boise State from 2000 to 2004. He then served as the head coach of the Western Kentucky Hilltoppers (2017–2018).
He is the son of former UNLV and Indiana State head coach, Mike Sanford.