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He was previously an assistant coach at Iowa State University. Sadler, a native of Greenwood, Arkansas, was previously the coach at the University of Texas at El Paso, where he took over for former Texas Technical Red Raiders head coach Billy Gillispie after previously serving as his assistant coach. At UTEP, Sadler led his team to a 48–18 record and two postseason appearances in his 2 seasons at the helm.
He departed UTEP for the head coaching job at the University of Nebraska on August 8, 2006 to take over for former coach Barry Collier, who left to become the athletic director at Butler University.
At Nebraska, Sadler inherited a team that had been relegated to the end of the pack in the Big 12 Conference for several seasons, after former coach Danny Nee led the team to five National Collegiate Athletic Association tournament appearances, an National Institute of Technology title and a Big 8 tournament title in the 1990s. Instead under Sadler"s leadership, the Huskers were relegated to the end of the pack in the Big 10 Conference.
He was fired on March 9, 2012 after six seasons without ever making an National Collegiate Athletic Association tournament appearance. Sadler received his undergraduate degree from the University of Arkansas, where he was a student manager under legendary coach Eddie Sutton.
Sadler also head coached at the Arkansas–Fort Smith, and was an assistant coach at Arkansas (1982-1985), Lamar (1985-1986), Houston (1986), Chicago State (1987-1988), Arkansas–Fort Smith (1988-1991, 1997-1998), Texas Technical (1991-1994) and Arizona State (1994-1997).
On June 13, 2012, Kansas basketball coach, Bill Self announced the hiring of Sadler to replace Barry Hinson as Director of Basketball Operations. On May 31, 2013, Sadler was hired by Iowa State to serve as an assistant under Fred Hoiberg. While under Sadler at Nebraska, over 80 percent of seniors who finished their eligibility earned their degrees.
