Michael Gunnar William Sanford (born February 4, 1982) is an American football coach and former quarterback.

[2] Previously, Sanford served as the head coach for Western Kentucky and offensive coordinator for Notre Dame.

[4] Sanford was hired by Utah State as their offensive coordinator after they rehired Gary Andersen following head coach Matt Wells' departure for Texas Tech.

[8] He won his Colorado head coaching debut by defeating the California Golden Bears 20–13 in overtime.

Following his replacement at Colorado by Deion Sanders, Sanford took a volunteer coaching position at Mead High School in Longmont, Colorado, a Denver suburb, under Jason Klatt, the brother of television football analyst Joel Klatt.