.png) Saunders at Clemson in 1923 | |
| Biographical details | |
|---|---|
| Born | May 1, 1884 St. Joseph, Missouri, U.S. |
| Died | 1967 (aged 82–83) |
| Playing career | |
| Football | |
| 1909 | Missouri |
| Baseball | |
| 1910–1911 | Missouri |
| Position(s) | Quarterback (football) |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| Football | |
| 1911 | William Jewell |
| 1914 | Missouri Mines (assistant) |
| 1918–1919 | Haskell |
| 1920–1921 | Grinnell |
| 1922 | Knox (IL) (assistant) |
| 1923–1926 | Clemson |
| Basketball | |
| 1922–1923 | Knox (IL) |
| 1923–1925 | Clemson |
| Administrative career (AD unless noted) | |
| 1923–1926 | Clemson |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 26–34–8 (football) 20–40 (basketball) |
William Howard "Bud" Saunders (May 1, 1884 – June 1967) was an American football player, coach of football and basketball, and college athletics administrator. He served as the head football coach at William Jewell College in 1911, at Haskell Institute—now Haskell Indian Nations University—from 1918 to 1919, at Grinnell College from 1920 to 1921, and at Clemson University from 1923 to 1926. Saunders was the head basketball coach at Knox College in Galesburg, Illinois during the 1922–23 season and at Clemson from 1923 to 1925, compiling a career college basketball coaching record of 20–40. He also served as the athletic director at Clemson from 1923 to 1926.