aerick rashal sanders (born june 1, 1982) is a retired american professional basketball player and current director of player personnel at the university of nevada, las vegas. he was the former assistant coach of the new mexico state men's basketball team during the 2013-2017 seasons. during his professional career as a player, he played at the power forward position internationally, including as a member of the strasbourg ig, aliaga petkim and academia coimbre basketball clubs respectively.