Paul Sanderford
- Collegiate coach for 26 seasons at Western Kentucky, Nebraska, and Louisburg College
- Compiled a career winning percentage of .748, winning 616 games during his collegiate coaching career. As a Division I coach, his overall record was 453-189 (.706)
- As head coach at Louisburg College (1977-1981), he led the program to the NJCAA National Championship and won the Wade Trophy, given to the National Junior College Coach of the Year (1981)
- Sanderford was 163-19 in his six years as head coach of the Louisburg women’s basketball program
- Named the Region X Coach of the Year for four consecutive years, and additionally named Outstanding Coach at the National Tournament in 1981
- Vice President of the NJCAA Coaches Organization (1981, 1982) and inducted into the NJCAA Hall of Fame (2000)
- At Western Kentucky University, he amassed 365 victories and a .753 winning percentage (1982-97), posting 12 seasons with 20+ victories. Obtained a school-record of 32 victories (1985, 1986)
- 14 postseason appearances – 12 NCAA tournaments, and three Final Four trips (1985,1986,1992), with the team advancing to the National Championship game against Stanford (1992)
- 5x Sun Belt Conference regular-season championships and 7x Sun Belt Conference tournament title winners.
- 3x Sun Belt Coach of the Year honors (1983,1986, 1991)
- Inducted into the WKU Athletic Hall of Fame (2008)
- Head Coach at the University of Nebraska (1997-2002), compiling an overall record of 88-69, ranking him as the second-winningest coach in school history
- Guided the Cornhuskers to three consecutive NCAA Tournament bids
- Big 12 Coach of the Year while coaching at The University of Nebraska (1998)
- Sanderford earned unprecedented fan support, setting a school record with an average home attendance of 5,000 fans per game (1999-2000), the program set school records in his first three seasons, and ranked in the top 25 teams nationally for home attendance
- Retired in 2007