| Bill Saunders | |
| Birth Date: | 20 June 1898 |
| Birth Place: | Memphis, Tennessee, U.S. |
| Death Place: | Grenada, Mississippi, U.S. |
| Player Years1: | 1917–1918 |
| Player Team1: | Navy |
| Player Positions: | Lineman |
| Coach Years1: | 1923–1927 |
| Coach Team1: | Colorado Agricultural (line) |
| Coach Years2: | 1928–1931 |
| Coach Team2: | Colorado State Teachers |
| Coach Years3: | 1932–1934 |
| Coach Team3: | Colorado |
| Coach Years4: | 1936–1938 |
| Coach Team4: | Denver |
| Overall Record: | 44–28–8 |
| Championships: | 1 RMC (1934) |
William Hardin "Navy Bill" Saunders (June 20, 1898 – March 13, 1950) was an American college football player and coach. He served as the head football coach at Colorado State Teachers College—now the University of Northern Colorado—from 1928 to 1931, at the University of Colorado at Boulder from 1932 to 1934, and at the University of Denver from 1936 to 1938, compiling a career college football record of 44–28–8. Saunders played football as a lineman at the United States Naval Academy and was later a line coach at the Agricultural College of Colorado, now Colorado State University.[1] He died on March 13, 1950, at his plantation home in Grenada, Mississippi.[2] [3]