| Email: | George.Sanders@fsw.edu |
| Title: | Director of Athletics |
| Phone: | (239) 433-8026 |
George Sanders enters his ninth year as the Bucs' Director of Athletics and 12th overall with the Bucs in 2025-2026.
It was another incredible year for FSW Athletics under Sanders' leadership in 2025 as four of the Bucs five teams won Citrus Conference Championships, three won FCSAA Championships, and four teams qualified for the NJCAA National Tournament with the Bucs Softball team finishing as National Runners-Up and the FSW Volleyball team winning their third straight National Championship. But it wasn't just in the field and on the court that the Bucs shined as a program record three student-athletes were named Academic All-Americans and the Bucs Volleyball team was named the FCSAA Academic Team of the Year. For his efforts, Sanders was named the 2025 NACDA Two-Year Athletic Director of the Year.
The past five years have been magical with Sanders at the helm, as FSW has won six NJCAA National Championships, three each in both Volleyball and Softball.
Overall in the past seven years, Sanders has watched as his Buccaneers have captured 22 Conference Championships and have made 16 trips to the NJCAA National Tournament including winning back to back to back NJCAA National Championships in both Volleyball and Softball. The Bucs have shined in the classroom as well under Sanders' leadership with the school's first 12 student-athletes named CoSIDA Academic All-Americans including the Two-Year Academic All-American of the Year Alyssa O'Donnell in 2021.
Along with his duties with the Bucs, Sanders is also the FCSAA Region VIII Women's Commisioner which includes a number of duties on NJCAA National Committees.
Serving as the Assistant Athletic Director for Sports Medicine and Compliance prior to taking over as Athletic Director, Sanders' responsibilities included overseeing the health and well-being of the FSW Buccaneers student-athletes, in addition to overseeing and ensuring program compliance.
Sanders brought more than 25 years of expertise as both an Athletic Director and with program compliance to FSW in 2015. He joined Florida State College Jacksonville as Athletic Director in 2005. Prior to FSCJ, he spent 18 years at Manatee Community College, now State College of Florida. During his time at MCC he served as a professional assistant in the health and physical education department, head athletic trainer and a full-time faculty member. He was named as the full-time athletic director in 1994.
Sanders, a Tennessee native, earned his Bachelor of Science degree in health, physical education and recreation from Carson-Newman College (now Carson-Newman University) in Jefferson City, Tennessee. He then earned his Master of Education degree in physical education from the University of Georgia.
Sanders is an active member of both state and national organizations in athletic training (NATA and ATAF), the Florida College System Activities Association and the National Junior College Athletic Association.