January 25th, 2013 
Matt Loede 
Posted in The Raiders announced on Friday they have named former NFL defensive coordinator Bob Sanders linebackers coach.
Sanders joins Jason Tarver and Allen as one of three individuals on staff with NFL defensive-coordinator experience, meanwhile, three coaches on the offensive side (Greg Olson, Tony Sparano and Al Saunders) have been an NFL offensive coordinator and, not counting Allen, two former NFL head coaches are now on Oakland’s staff: Saunders and Sparano.
Sanders has a strong reputation as a linebackers coach, in addition to his time coaching defensive line. He spent the last four seasons with Buffalo, having joined the Bills as defensive line coach (2009), then spent the next two seasons (2010-11) as outside linebackers coach, before taking over the entire linebacking unit in 2012.
In Green Bay for four seasons (2005-08), Sanders began as defensive ends coach (2005), then was promoted by Mike McCarthy to the new head coach’s first defensive coordinator, a role he held from 2006-08.
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Kudos. Reggie and Dennis have quietly built themselves a stellar staff of coaches. That these outstanding coaches have the confidence in the new regime is a huge vote of confidence in the direction we are headed. Big congrats to Bob Sanders, and even bigger congrats to the front office!