# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/mike-sanders
# Generated: 2026-08-13T22:53:12.423Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/mike-sanders"
name: "Mike Sanders"
slug: "mike-sanders"
description: "Michael Anthony Sanders is an American former professional basketball player who played primarily as a small forward. He was selected by the Kansas City Kings in the fourth round and was the 74th overall pick in the 1982 NBA draft. He is a former assistant coach for the Utah Jazz of the National Basketball Association (NBA). Prior to being an assistant coach for Tyrone Corbin, Sanders was the team's director of player development."
tagline: "American basketball player/coach"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Mike_Sanders_-_Phoenix_Suns.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Basketball Players"
  slug: "basketball-players"
profileType:
  name: "Basketball Player"
  slug: "basketball-player"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q3665646"
birthDate: "1960-05-07"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           40.69
  momentum:             0
  historical:           5.680346666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Sanders_(basketball)"
    title: "Mike Sanders (basketball)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%8A%D9%83_%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AF%D8%B1%D8%B2_(%D9%83%D8%B1%D8%A9_%D8%B3%D9%84%D8%A9)"
    title: "مايك ساندرز (كرة سلة)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%8A%D9%83_%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AF%D8%B1%D8%B2"
    title: "مايك ساندرز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Sanders"
    title: "Mike Sanders"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Sanders"
    title: "Mike Sanders"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Sanders_(basket-ball)"
    title: "Mike Sanders (basket-ball)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3857459"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump