| Williams B. Saunders | |
| Birth Date: | 23 August 1896 |
| Death Place: | Jackson, Mississippi, U.S. |
| Player Sport1: | Football |
| Player Years2: | 1922 |
| Player Team2: | Mississippi A&M |
| Coach Sport1: | Football |
| Coach Years2: | 1926–1927 |
| Coach Team2: | Tupelo HS (MS) |
| Coach Years3: | 1928–1929 |
| Coach Team3: | Mississippi State Teachers |
| Coach Sport4: | Basketball |
| Coach Years5: | 1928–1930 |
| Coach Team5: | Mississippi State Teachers |
| Coach Sport6: | Baseball |
| Coach Years7: | 1929–1930 |
| Coach Team7: | Mississippi State Teachers |
| Admin Years1: | 1928–1949 |
| Admin Team1: | Mississippi State Teachers / Mississippi Southern |
| Overall Record: | 6–11–1 (college football) 12–13 (college basketball) 3–20 (college baseball) |
William B. Saunders (September 23, 1896 – August 14, 1977) was an American football, basketball, and baseball coach and college athletics administrator. He played college football at Mississippi Agricultural & Mechanical College—now known as Mississippi State University—and is also said to have played at Auburn University and the Georgia Institute of Technology.[1] Saunders served as the head football coach (1928–1929), head basketball coach (1928–1930) and head baseball coach (1929–1930) at Mississippi State Teachers College—now known as the University of Southern Mississippi.[2]
Saunders was a native of Greenville, Mississippi. He died at the age of 80, on August 14, 1977, at Mississippi Baptist Medical Center in Jackson, Mississippi.[3]