Paul Sanderford

• Head coach at Louisburg College, going 163-19 over six seasons (1976-1982)
• 4x Region X Coach of the Year at Louisburg
• NJCAA National Champion with Louisburg (1981)
• Wade Trophy winner as NJCAA National Coach of the Year (1982)
• Head coach at Western Kentucky University, going 365-120 (.753), still the most wins in program history (1982-1997)
• 3x Sun Belt Coach of the Year (1983, 1986, 1991)
• Led Western Kentucky to three NCAA Final Fours (1985, 1986, 1992)
• Set a school record with 32 wins (1986)
• Led Western Kentucky to the NCAA National Championship game against Stanford (1992)
• Led Western Kentucky to 14 postseason appearances, including 12 NCAA Tournaments with 15 tournament wins and four Sweet 16s, plus 12 seasons of 20 or more wins, five Sun Belt regular-season titles, and seven Sun Belt tournament titles
• Coached seven All-Americans at Western Kentucky
• Head coach at the University of Nebraska, going 88-69 to become the second-winningest coach in school history at the time (1997-2002)
• Led Nebraska to the Preseason WNIT championship game and a 23-10 record, tying the school record for wins (1997)
• Big 12 Coach of the Year (1998)
• Led Nebraska to three consecutive NCAA Tournaments, doubling the program's previous total of NCAA bids
• Set a Nebraska record with an average home attendance of 5,000 fans per game, with the program ranked in the national top 25 in attendance in each of his first four seasons (2000)
• Retired from coaching after 26 seasons as a head coach, with a 616-208 (.748) career record and a 453-189 (.706) Division I record (2007)