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Al Saunders (born February 1, 1947 in London, England) is an American football coach. He is currently an assistant coach for the NFL's Washington Redskins.

Al Saunders played Defensive Back at San Jose State from 1966-1968 where he was a three-year starter, team captain and Academic All-American. Saunders also played Wide Receiver for the Spartans.

In the 1970's, Al Saunders joined the coaching staff at San Diego State University under Head Coach Don Coryell with Joe Gibbs as one of the other assistant coaches. Saunders would go with Coryell to NFL when Coryell became the Head Coach of the San Diego Chargers.

From 1983-1986, Saunders was the wide receivers coach for the Chargers and would eventually replace Coryell as the Head Coach from 1986-1988.

From 1989-1998, Saunders was with the Kansas City Chiefs, where he served as the Assistant Head Coach and Wide Receivers Coach under Marty Schottenheimer.

Saunders would then join the St. Louis Rams coaching staff. From 1999-2000 he served as the Wide Receivers Coach under Dick Vermeil and later as Assistant Head Coach under Mike Martz. During this period, the Rams won Super Bowl XXXIV in 2000.

Saunders would rejoin the Kansas City Chiefs in 2001 as the Offensive Coordinator when Vermeil came out of retirement. In his second stint with the Chiefs, Saunders built the NFL's best offense, which was ranked #1 in the NFL from 2002-2005.

On January 19, 2006, he joined the coaching staff of the Washington Redskins as the Associate Head Coach - Offense. Players such as recent additions Antwaan Randle El and Brandon Lloyd have claimed that the signing of Saunders to the Washington Coaching Staff was a major pull factor in their decision to sign with the Redskins. In this role, he will serve the team like he did in Kansas City, as the primary playcaller and offensive coordinator.

Al Saunders was born in London, England. He became a naturalized citizen in 1960 and is only one of four foreign-born coaches in the NFL.

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